1.They were winning the boat race until their boat ran aground on a sandbank.
船在沙滩上搁浅之前，他们在划船比赛中一直是领先的。
2.The ship was so large that it could only cross the outer sandbank and enter the harbour safely on the flood tide.
那艘船太大了，它只能在涨潮时安全通过外沙滩进入港口。
3.We ran aground on a sandbank and had to sit it out until the next high tide.
我们的船搁浅在沙滩上，只能等待着下次潮水的到来。
4.Our ship grounded in shallow water/on a sandbank.
我们的船在浅水中[在沙滩上]搁浅.
5.Pukapuka - also known as Danger Island - is the most isolated atoll in the Cooks group, and comprises three islets and a sandbank 1150km northwest of Rarotonga.
也叫危险岛——是库克群岛中最孤立的一个岛屿，由三个小岛和一座沙丘组成，距离拉罗汤加岛1150公里。
6.They lived with their Mother in a sandbank,underneath the root of a very big fir tree.
他们和他们的妈妈一起，住在一棵大枞树树根下面的一个沙洞里。
7.That fast-growing forestry in desert can fixup sandbank and meliorate soil, improve environment and prevent waste water from flowing into river.
在沙漠利用污水灌溉速生林，可固定沙丘，改良土壤；改善生态环境，实现污水零排放。
8.The boat stick on a sandbank but we soon get it afloat again.
小船在沙丘搁浅，没过多久我们就又使它航行自如了。
9.We wait for the tide to float the boat off the sandbank
我们等待涨潮,让潮水把船浮起离开沙滩
