To further protect the house from hurricane damage, Huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings.

为了进一步保护房子不受飓风的破坏，哈夫用木桩将它抬高了2.7米。

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A sea urchin's long, moveable spines protect it from predators in the waters off Hawaii.

海胆长长的可以活动的棘突可以保护他们在夏威夷海岸不受捕食者捕食。

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Australia has announced plans for the world's biggest Marine park, intended to protect vast areas of the Coral Sea off the North-East coast and the site of naval battles during the second world war.

澳大利亚宣布计划建立世界最大的海洋生物保护区，来保护其东北部海岸珊瑚海的巨大区域，以及二战期间海战的遗址。

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Police say the attacker protect targeted a military convoy, setting off a huge blast in a crowded market square in Shangla district.

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We did have a large,short position in subprime mortgage-backed securities, which has paid off enormously for the University and really helped protect assets in the past nine months or a year.

我们确实曾持有很多,次级抵押担保证券的空头,它们为耶鲁赚了不少钱,并且在过去的9个月或1年间,为资产保值发挥了实在的作用

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About 20 minutes earlier, police believe Dorner shot at two LAPD officers assigned to protect off-duty officers named in Dorner's manifesto, police said.

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EU-NAVFOR, a task force backed by the European Union to protect ships off the coast of Somalia, notes that after detaining suspected pirates, they have no authority to prosecute them.

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Yet a deeper question often goes unaddressed: Are our efforts to protect children killing off childhood?

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