Comparing ourselves makes us feel like a wave of the sea tossed5 to and fro by the wind.

攀比会让我们感到自己像是随风翻滚的海浪。

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But with the tsunamis that head out to sea, some of the energy dissipates as the wave spreads outward across open ocean, like a ripple from a rock thrown into a pond.

但当海啸向海域进发，随着波浪向远洋扩散，能量也会逐渐消耗，这跟将一颗石块扔进池塘所引发的波纹是一样的道理。

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He who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

疑惑的人，就像海中的波浪，被风吹动翻腾。

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Toe protection: material, usually large boulders, placed at the base of a sea defence structure like a seawall to prevent wave scour.

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"Each wave is like a hammer stroke beating on a sea wall which starts to make it crack and then we have to repair it, " she says.

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