They're dredging the harbour so that larger ships can use it.
他们正在疏浚港湾以便大船驶入。
The key to the Greek world lay in its high-powered ships; the key to Roman power lay in its marching legions.
希腊世界的关键是其强大的船队，而罗马帝国的关键则是它的步兵团。
The ships had nine decks, and White Star Line decided to focus on making them the most luxurious ships on the water.
这些船有九层甲板，白星航运公司决定致力于将其打造成水上最豪华的船只。
So, for example, he painted very realistic ships, and varied their size depending on their distance from the audience.
所以比如说，他画出非常写实的帆船，并根据船与观众的距离来改变船的大小。
Scientists and engineers are beginning to study this ability of fishes in the hope of designing more efficient propulsion systems for ships.
科学家和工程师们开始研究鱼类的这种能力，希望能设计出更有效的船舶推进系统。
Well over half of those ships were carrying cargo stored in large ceramic jars, many of which were preserved largely intact on the ocean floor.
这些船只中有一半以上装载着储存在大型陶瓷罐子里的货物，其中许多罐子被完好无损地保存在海底。
He called on the leaders of Somali society to persuade pirates operating off the coast of the Horn of Africa to stop hijacking ships for ransom.
他呼吁索马里社会的领导人规劝在非洲之角沿海地区活动的海盗停止为赎金劫持船只。
As the costs of shipbuilding rose, Venice clung to its outdated standard while the Dutch were innovating in the lighter and more easily handled ships.
随着造船成本的上升，威尼斯坚持其过时的标准，而荷兰人则对更轻、更容易操作的船只进行创新。
By 1967, dual-purpose ships, carrying loose cargo in the hold and containers on the deck, were giving way to all-container vessels that moved thousands of boxes at a time.
到1967年，在货舱中装载散装货物和甲板上装载集装箱的两用货船开始让位于能够一次性运送数千箱货物的集装箱货船。
This combination of characteristics—long, strong, flexible, resistant to salt water—makes Manila hemp a great material for ropes, especially for ropes that are gonna be used on ocean-going ships.
这种长、结实、柔韧、耐盐水的特性结合，使得马尼拉麻成为很好的绳索材料，特别是用于制作远洋船只的绳索。
The admiral visited the ships under his command.
舰队司令视察了他所统率的军舰。
They act as "ships of the desert".
它们充当“沙漠之舟”。
When famous explorers like Columbus and da Gama and Magellan left Europe in their ships, they weren't looking for a new world.
当哥伦布、达·伽马和麦哲伦等著名的探险家们乘船离开欧洲时，他们并不是为了寻找一个新世界。
Before letting its leaves go, the tree dismantles their chlorophyll molecules and ships their valuable nitrogen back into the twigs.
在树叶凋落之前，树会分解叶绿素分子，把有用的氮运回树枝中。
As the Roman Empire grew, the Romans needed to take control of the seas and for this they needed to build harbours capable of holding a fleet of ships.
随着罗马帝国的发展，罗马人需要控制海洋，为此他们需要建造能够容纳一支舰队的港口。
OVER 80% of world trade by volume is carried on ships.
世界贸易量中有超过80%采用水路运输。
No longer, in terms of emotional controllability, are we ships adrift.
在情绪的可控性方面，我们再也不是随波逐流的小船了。
The history of ships is sometimes more eloquent than that of their owners.
船只的历史有时比它们的主人更有意味。
A ship in a harbor is safe but that is not what ships were built for.
船泊港湾实为安全，却不合造船时的初衷。(船生命的意义在于远航)。
Early in the 15th century, a huge fleet of ships set sail from Nanjing.
15世纪初，一支浩浩荡荡的船队从南京启航。
The narrow waterway is vital to ships carrying goods between Europe and the Far East.
这条狭窄的水域是来往欧洲和远东商船的必经之地。
tinybuddha – “We may have all come in different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”
@tinybuddha – “我们可能全是乘坐不同轮船来的，但我们现在在同一条小船上了。”
Europe's shipmakers are adept at designing cable-laying ships and other service vessels.
欧洲船厂在设计铺缆船和其他服务船舶方面技术成熟。
Given the rising price of fuel, many shippers think they need huge ships to turn a profit.
考虑到飙升的燃料价格，许多船运公司认为他们需要庞大的船只才能获得利润。
Iron is a key component of cars, trains, planes, ships, fridges, dishwashers and computers.
钢铁是各类汽车、火车、飞机、轮船、冰箱、洗碗机以及计算机的主要组件。
And ships can reach the Atlantic Ocean from the Great Lakes through the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
而船只则能够从五大湖经过圣劳伦斯航道到达大西洋。
Asia's shipyards, streamlined and efficient, concentrate on building large, standardised ships.
精简高效的亚洲船厂专注于建造大型的标准化的船舶。
Sailors balanced out the weight by leaving behind their ships' ballast: stones, gravel and soil.
水手们为了平衡重量会把船上像石头、沙砾和土壤之类的压舱物抛下船。
Sailors balanced out the weight by leaving behind their ships' ballast: stones, gravel and soil.
水手们为了平衡重量会把船上像石头、沙砾和土壤之类的压舱物抛下船。
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