They were so desperate to try to, kind of, float the boats into the remaining pools of water, but they finally had to give up because the piers and the moorings simply couldn't keep up with the retreating shoreline.
他们费尽心力，试着让船漂浮在 仅剩的湖水中，但他们最后不得不放弃 因为码头和停泊处的开凿 无法跟上海岸线倒退的速度