through these comparisons we can not only test to see if our experimental data are accurate, but find the most effective and efficient way to model tsunami inundation and loading.
通过对比,我们不仅能看到是否我们的实验数据是準确的,而且发现最有效和最高效的方法是建立海啸洪水模型。
tsunami warnings have been sounded in an area affecting about a quarter of the globe.
海啸警报已经在一个影响了全球大约四分之一的地区响起了。
the tsunami traveled across the pacific at about 550 miles per hour, or the speed of a jet plane.
海啸以每小时约550英里的速度穿越太平洋,相当于一架喷气式飞机的速度。
although we have every intention of putting our partners first, sometimes we get swept up in the tsunami of life and they get washed out with our good intentions.
尽管我们总是将伴侣置于第一位,然而当我们在生活的海啸里被洗尽一切的同时,我们的这些好意也被随之沖尽了。
after the 2004 tsunami in sri lanka, many people refused to relocate from the coastal area to housing projects away from the coast because the move would disrupt their livelihoods.
在斯里兰卡2004年发生的海啸之后,许多人拒绝从沿海地区搬迁到远离海岸的住房项目区,因为搬迁将影响他们的生计。
because of the complicated interactions with the coast as wave after wave strikes, experts said the impact of a tsunami can be highly variable.
专家说,由于海浪一波接一波地沖击时与海岸之间产生复杂的相互作用,海啸的影响大小存在很大变数。
my manager sent an email from tokyo saying we had a big earthquake and then i saw on the tv the tsunami had already started.
我的经理从东京发了一封邮件说我们正在遭受异常特大地震,之后我就在电视上看到海啸已经开始了。
they urged other town residents unaffected by the quake and tsunami to do the same.
他们敦促其他没有受到地震和海啸影响的城镇居民也这样做。
from this analysis i came up with recommendations on how to improve construction within a tsunami inundation zone.
通过这个分析,我想到并介绍关于如何改进海啸大水区域的结构。
「i think aceh has not only recovered, but it stands better than before the tsunami in their development,」 he said.
「我认为亚奇不仅已经恢复了,而且还比海啸以前发展得更好了,」他说。
during the samoan tsunami in september 2009, people who could easily have climbed to high ground in the hills behind them chose, instead, to evacuate by car.
在2009年9月的萨摩亚海啸中,人们本可以轻易地爬上身后地势较高的山坡,然而他们当时却选择了乘车逃跑。
the tsunami washed the plants away with their house, but the family found four of them in the rubble.
海啸沖走了他们家所有的盆栽,但是家人在碎石中发现了四盆。
the clean-up from the tsunami and earthquake has been impressive. but rebuilding has yet to begin, because big and urgent decisions about what to rebuild where have yet to be taken.
政府在海啸与地震善后问题上的(糟糕)表现令人印象深刻,但重建工作尚未开始,因为政府尚未做出在哪里、如何重建的重大且紧迫决定。
but i am lucky because we did get a little bit of the tsunami but nothing like what they got up north.
但我算是幸运的因为我们这只受到了海啸很小的侵害远不及北方所受到的那样。