Seismologists theorize that the higher tide could cause an earthquake to occur just a few days or hours earlier than it would have at normal tide.

而地震学家也推理说较高的潮汐相对于正常的潮汐来说只是会让地震提前几天或者几小时发生而已。

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Narrator: The battle lasted mere hours. The discipline and training of the Spartans did little to stem the tide of the merciless barbarians.

讲述者：—战斗仅仅持续了几个小时，胫甲坚固的斯巴达人无法抵挡那些残忍之极的野蛮人。‖。

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She was stranded for several hours but floated free as the tide rose.

被困几个小时后，由于海潮上涨又能重新移动。

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It pulls less hard on the Earth, but even less hard on the water on the far side, so a watery bulge forms on the far side as well -- a high tide roughly 12 hours out of synch.

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We're recommending that people in areas that have experienced coastal flooding to evacuate three hours before high tide.

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Rescue attempts were delayed by two-and-a-half hours because of the high tide which peaked at 2030 GMT, only a short time before the accident.

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