The beach had been washed clean by the tide.
海滩让潮水冲刷得干干净净。
Some of them got caught midstream by the tide.
他们中的一些被潮水困在中央了。
The body was washed up on the beach by the tide.
尸体被潮水冲上了海滩。
Strong winds can turn boats when the tide is weak.
潮汐微弱时，强风可以掀翻船只。
The boat was unable to make much headway against the tide.
船逆着潮水没法开快。
The bays and the river mouths where the tide is high (the tidal range is more than 10 metres) are usually perfect sites to build tidal power stations.
潮汐高（潮差超过10米）的海湾和河口通常是建造潮汐发电站的理想位置。
下午两点退潮。
潮水落了。
Whoever goes against the tide of history will come to no good end.
凡是逆历史潮流而动的人，都没有好下场。
Already the public agencies for adult education are swamped by the tide that has swept over them since the depression began.
大萧条开始以来，成人教育的公共机构已经被席卷而来的浪潮淹没，并且泥足深陷。
If we harness our efforts and employ innovative approaches as these nations are doing, there is no reason that we cannot turn back the tide of this epidemic.
如果我们像这些国家正在做的那样利用我们的努力和采用创新的策略，我们没有理由不能遏制该病流行的趋势。
She noted that the oysters initially opened their shells widest when it was high tide in Connecticut, but that after fourteen days their rhythms had adapted to the tide schedule in Illinois.
她注意到，在康涅狄格，当涨潮的时候，牡蛎最初把它们的壳打开得最宽，但在14天后，它们的节奏已经适应了伊利诺斯州的潮汐时间表。
潮水那时正处于最高位。
Is the tide coming in or going out?
现在是涨潮还是落潮？
潮水正在退去。
She became trapped as the tide came in.
她在潮涨时被困住了。
The tide is turning—we'd better get back.
涨潮了，我们最好回去吧。
There was not much time before the tide turned.
没过多少时间就退潮了。
I like walking on the wet sand when the tide is out.
我喜欢退潮后走在潮湿的沙滩上。
The tide was out and they walked among the rock pools.
潮水退了，他们在岩石区的潮水潭间散步。
The tide of opinion seems overwhelmingly in his favour.
大部分人的观点似乎对他极为有利。
It takes courage to speak out against the tide of opinion.
跟舆论趋向唱反调需要勇气。
She thought of the tide rushing in, covering the wet sand.
她想到潮水涨上来，淹没了潮湿的沙滩。
The tide was going out, and the sand was smooth and glittering.
潮水正在退去，沙滩平坦，闪闪发亮。
The government had failed to stem the tide of factory closures.
政府没有控制住工厂纷纷倒闭的势头。
The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.
潮水开始上涨，应急部门正在争分夺秒地工作着。
When the tide ebbs, you can paddle out for a mile and barely get your ankles wet.
退潮时，你可以蹚水走出1英里远而几乎湿不到脚踝。
His efforts to stem the tide of violent crime have been as effective as Canute's.
他遏制暴力犯罪增长的努力一直是螳臂当车。
Trapped in a pocket of air, they had only 40 minutes before the tide flooded the chamber.
他们被困在有一点空气的弹丸之地，再过40分钟洪水就会淹没这间屋子了。
When the tide fall, water goes out through the dam, the turbines turn again.
潮水下降时，水从大坝流出，再次带动涡轮机转动。
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