Those sailors who wanted a safe return would drop money into the box.

那些希望安全返回的水手会把钱投进箱子里。

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I Meixu Americans, who wanted to sailors, who yearned for the outside world, would like to return to school to study around the world.

我妹婿是美国人，从小就想作水手，向往外面的世界，想先环游世界再回学校念书。

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It is also an obvious lucky charm for sailors, who regard the anchor as a promise of safe return from their voyages.

锚显然也是水手们的吉祥物，是远航之后平安归来的保证。

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Though it now seems hard to believe, this pretty town was once known as 'the hellhole of the Pacific' - a magnet for convicts fleeing Australia, and whalers and sailors too drunk to return to sea.

BBC: All at sea in New Zealand