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II（521—560） 521. It is at present far from clear how much the mid-latitude ocean affects the atmospheric circulation. 中纬度海洋对大气环流的影响有多大，目前还很不清楚。 522. The measurements when compared to those obtained in the neighboring weather shelters are not nearly accurate, which is obviously due to the fact that the instruments have not been carefully calibrated in advance. 当这些测值与几个邻近的（气象）百叶箱中取得的比较时，它们很不可靠（远非正确）。显然这是因其中的测量仪器事先校准不认真所致。 523. The region under investigation is extremely in homogeneous in topography. 所研究的地区在地形上很不均匀。 524. Air is anything but light. 空气绝不轻。 525. The theory assumed an idealized ocean and dealt only with the tide-generating forces, without taking into consideration the response of the oceans to these forces. 这一理论采用了一种理想化的海洋，并且只是研究了引潮力，而没有考虑海洋对这些力的影响。 526. Without going to details we give here an outline of our present knowledge about the statistical behavior of surface waves in deep water. 在这里我们只概要给出已经取得的深水区域的洋面波统计特征的有关知识，而不涉及其细节。 527. We cannot appreciate the principle without experiment. 不作实验我们无法理解这一原理。 528. This area is in effect not suitable for rice growing, still less fishery. 实际上这一地区不适合水稻种植，更不必说发展渔业了。 529. The amounts of energy involved even in the deflection or disorganization of a tropical hurricane are vast, let alone in the melting of the polar ice caps. 即使使一个热带飓风改变路径或是瓦解，其所用的能量也是惊人的，更不用说融化极地冰冠了。 530. We have not gained implicit physical interpretations of the event, let alone have we started developing a model for it. 我们尚未取得对这一现象的内在的物理解释，更不必说已经着手研究它的模式了。 531. Serious bumpy flight conditions may lead to material fatigue and even to aircraft failure, not to speak of passenger discomfort. 剧烈的颠簸飞行状况可能导致金属疲劳，甚至导致飞机失事，更不必说旅客感觉不舒适了。 532. Tsunami is sometimes powerful enough to destroy a coastwise building it strikes, still more a ship in its path. 海啸有时威力很大，足可摧毁它所冲击的沿岸的建筑物，更不必说它沿途中的船只了。 533. Quite apart from the desolating effect that a major deflection of the Gulf Stream would have upon regions, nobody has offered any remotely practical suggestion as t