coastal cities

基本解釋

In this new landscape, coastal cities are submerged and people rely increasingly on computers, especially a new prototype which possesses self-awareness-that is, artificial intelligence.
到那時，沿海城市盡遭淹沒，人類對電腦的依賴日益加深，尤其仰仗一種擁有自我意識的新機(jī)種──即“人工智能”。
But if the floodwaters of Katrina foreshadow things to come, then designers in coastal cities would do well to look at the proposals for the Gulf and the formidable challenges the region faces.
不過如果當(dāng)年卡特里娜的洪水預(yù)警人們接下來會到來的災(zāi)難，那么沿海城市的設(shè)計(jì)師們也許能想出合適可行的方案，以應(yīng)對墨西哥灣與籠罩當(dāng)?shù)氐目膳峦{。
Rising seas spurred by climate change could threaten 180 U.S. coastal cities by 2100, a new study says, with Miami, New Orleans and Virginia Beach among those most severely affected.
氣候變化加速了海水的上漲，將在2100年威脅美國180沿海城市，這其中受到最嚴(yán)重影響的地方是邁阿密，新奧爾良以及維吉尼亞海灘。

So are the coastal cities of Santa Monica and Malibu, where people like to ride surfboards on the Pacific Ocean waves.

The annual salary a Chinese engineer can expect to make in the coastal cities.
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About half of them moved out of the coastal cities and the rest were laid off.
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But now, in 2009, the urban coastal cities are in a world of hurt.
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