Few cities can stir the imagination like Cuba's capital, Havana, a city preserved by forts and citadels, a five-mile seawall, and an imposed embargo which held back the excesses of the 20th century for over 50 years.

很少有城市能像古巴首都那样激发人们的想象力，哈瓦那，一座由堡垒和城堡保存下来的城市，五英里长的海堤，它颁布的禁运阻止了20世50的度行为。

It built up here overnight, because a small section of the seawall has broken.

它在一夜之间就建成了，因为海堤的一小部分破裂了。

Guangdong has also warned of possible damage to coastal ports, seawalls and related facilities.

广东还预警沿海港口、海堤和相关设施可能受损。

The seawall contains the force of 7 tons per square meter.

一旁的海塘每平方米所承受的冲击力高达7吨。

Over 50% of the shoreline in Sydney Harbor has some sort of structure built upon it, whether it be a seawall, wharf or pontoon.

悉尼港50%的海岸线上都有某种建筑，无论是防波堤、码头还是浮桥。

After ruling out possible other uses for the wall—like defense against enemies, or corralling animals—the scientists determined that the formation was actually an ancient seawall, the oldest known example in the world.

排除这座墙的其他可能用途之后——比如防范敌人或围捕动物——科学家们判定该结构是古代防波堤，是全世界知最古老的范例。

Seawalls could help, but as one scientist, Benjamin Strauss, Climate Central's chief executive said, how deep a bowl do we want to live in?

尽管修建海堤可能会有帮助，但正如科学家兼气候中心首席执行官，班杰明·施特劳斯所说：" 在 100 后，我们想生活在多深的碗里？"

But the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says it has spent $112 million on improvements that include seawalls, hospital, schools and mosques.

但是总理谢赫·哈西娜领导的政表示，政花费了1。12亿美元用于改善海堤、医院、学校和清真寺。

The landing gear struck a seawall at the end of the airport runway, causing the tail end of the plane to break off.

着陆装置撞上了飞机跑道末端的防波堤，造成飞机尾部折断。

When part of the seawall broke earlier this month, it brought back bad memories for Awing Takalar, a fisherman who lives nearby.

本月初，该防波堤部分的坍塌让渔夫塔卡拉想起了不好的回忆。塔卡拉是住在附近的渔夫。

When this building was built, the projection was that it would be safe for 75 years at least without a seawall.

建这些房子的时候，当时预计，就算没有海堤，也可以保证75的安全。

Walk or cycle along the seawall, enjoy Stanley Park or enjoy a drink at one of the many bars and restaurants.

沿着海堤步行或骑行，享受斯坦利公园的景色或在众多酒吧和餐馆中品尝饮料。

Sea levels are going up, so there's been long-term plans to establish a coastal seawall that would reduce some of that.

由于海平面不断上升，该市制定了一个长期计划，修建海岸防波堤来缓解该问题。

And flooding has started somewhat and the water has already become beginning to come up over the seawall in lower Manhattan.

洪流形成，开始冲海堤涌入曼哈顿地势较低的地方。

Barriers, or seawalls, pumps and other controls blocked major flooding as the sea level rose sharply during the powerful storm.

在强风暴期间，海平面急剧上升，屏障或者说防波堤、水泵以及其他控制系统阻挡了大规模洪水。

A seawall was built to protect the site from powerful currents, and workers operated in 20-minute shifts between tides.

防波堤也被建了起来，以保护该地区不受强大水流的影响，工作人员在潮汐中轮班工作，每轮班 20 分钟。

But the majority of the money goes to building new seawalls and repairing the Victorian and even older ones.

但是大部分资金都用于建造新的海堤并修复维多利亚时代甚至更古老的海堤。

The improvement work will aim to build up and improve an old seawall meant to hold back the floodwaters.

此次修缮工程的目的是加固和改善用于阻挡洪水的旧湖堤。

But this sunken seawall is still a warning of what can happen when humans battle rising seas.

但这座沉没的防波堤依然提醒我们，人类与不断上升的海平面对抗时会发生什么。

Right now, seawalls are really only useful for humans.

现在，海堤只对人类有用。