Starting at the end of the 14th century, no doubt on account of the devastation caused mid-century by the Black Death, there was a general shift towards less expensive techniques.

从十四世纪末开始，毫无疑问，当人们讲到黑死病造成对该世纪中叶丝绸工业的破坏时， 该工业有向更不昂贵的技术转变的一种总倾向。

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The other, nearly as large, struck the same general area 3 months later but caused only a localized tsunami and much less coastal devastation.

另一场海啸发生在三个月后，与第一场规模相当，波及的面积大体相同，但是仅仅造成了局部海啸，而且没有对沿海造成太大的破坏。

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"This resolution of criminal allegations and civil claims against Transocean brings us one significant step closer to justice for the human, environmental and economic devastation wrought by the Deepwater Horizon disaster, " said US Attorney General Eric Holder.

BBC: Transocean agrees to pay $1.4bn oil spill fine