tide

Is the tide coming in or going out?

是在涨潮还是在落潮？

The body was washed up on the beach by the tide.

尸体被潮水冲上了海滩。

It takes courage to speak out against the tide of opinion.

跟舆论趋向唱反调需要勇气。

The rising tide of trade is also good news for people who work in trade-sensitive businesses, especially those that produce commodities for which global demand sets the price—agricultural goods, mining, metals and oil.

对于那些从事对贸易敏感的行业的人来说，贸易浪潮的高涨也是一个好消息，尤其是对那些生产全球需求决定价格的大宗商品的行业——农产品、矿业、金属和石油。

There is anxiety about the rising tide of crime.

犯罪率日益增长令人忧虑。

But the tide of accidents continues to rise because of human failure and an enormous increase in the number of automobiles on the road.

但是由于人为失误和道路上汽车数量的巨大增长，事故的数量还在继续上升。

Already the public agencies for adult education are swamped by the tide that has swept over them since the depression began.

大萧条开始以来，成人教育的公共机构已经被席卷而来的浪潮淹没，并且泥足深陷。