coastal cities

基本解释

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.
到那时，沿海城市尽遭淹没，人类对电脑的依赖日益加深，尤其仰仗一种拥有自我意识的新机种──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.
不过如果当年卡特里娜的洪水预警人们接下来会到来的灾难，那么沿海城市的设计师们也许能想出合适可行的方案，以应对墨西哥湾与笼罩当地的可怕威胁。
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.
气候变化加速了海水的上涨，将在2100年威胁美国180沿海城市，这其中受到最严重影响的地方是迈阿密，新奥尔良以及维吉尼亚海滩。

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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