They tried to float a sunken ship.

他们想使沉船浮起。

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There is enough water in the harbour to float a fleet of ship.

海港里的水域足够容纳一个船队。

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In 1967 the English people sent planes to bomb the oil ship which hit a rock and set fire to most of the oil because the didn't want any more oil to float to the land.

英国人在1967年派出几架飞机把触礁的油船炸毁，并点燃了大部分石油，因为他们不想让更多的石油漂至陆地。

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However, on the long trip across the Pacific, the ship sinks, and Patel is left to float in a lifeboat with a tiger.

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