例句:In Kesennuma, people retreated to a high-rise rooftop and could only watch in horror as tsunami waves inundated their city...
在氣仙沼市,人們退到高樓屋頂上,但在海嘯浪潮淹沒他們的城市時只能驚恐地看著...
2. as far as 達到...的程度
例句:In Japan, some tsunami waves reached as far as three miles inland.在日本,一些海嘯浪潮到達內陸三英里(約 5 公里)的距離。
3.coastal cities 沿海城市
例句:In coastal cities, people knew what to do next: run to higher ground.
在沿海城市,人們知道接下來要做什么:逃到高處。
4. loss of life 生命損失
例句:New technology left an enormous amount of visual evidence for study in years to come, and can, perhaps, help us better understand the power of earthquakes and tsunamis, and prevent loss of life in the future.
新科技留下大量可見證據供未來的研究,且或許可以幫助我們更了解地震和海嘯的力量,并在未來避免生命損失。