Sunday morning's king tide was "lifted" by a low pressure system, and pushed by northeasterly winds into north-facing coastlines.

周日早晨，“国王”级海潮被低气压系统提升威力，并且被东北风“推波助澜”，侵袭了整个的北向海岸线。

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As King Canute showed to his courtiers, we cannot stop the tide from coming in; we can try, but it will only carry us away.

就如同克努特国王向他的朝臣所说的，我们不能制止潮汐的开始，但是我们能够尝试，最后，它可能将我们冲走。

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Lamarck stands there in stone, like King Canute trying to roll back the tide, the tide, in this case, of an Anglo-Saxon version of events.

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