He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch.

他是个了不起的男人，他身强力壮不仅能够撒网捕鱼而且也能够在打渔时与风浪拼搏。

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Nets: fully strong feeling comfortable new mesh material.

网布：通透结实手感舒适的新型网状材料。

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He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch.

因长期拉网捕鱼，与大海搏斗的缘故，他十分强壮。

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This explains why singlehood proliferates in places where such networks can crystallise, he says: in many urban centres and in Scandinavia, where strong social safety nets free people to pursue their own goals.

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In Ireland and Greece, two of the hardest-hit economies in Europe, suicides increased by 13 and 17 percent, respectively, while in Finland and Austria, countries with strong social safety nets, the rates either climbed little or not at all.

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They had designed their gunboats to cut nets and be strong enough to withstand ramming.

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