Beyond the coral stretches a world of shifting sand.

在珊瑚礁上，是流砂的世界。

I mean shifting sands in the region, do you think their relation with the North may change?

在这样千变万化的国家关系中，你觉得发生这样的事情会让他们跟北韩的关系有所改变吗？

In recent weeks, the security situation in Eastern Ukraine has been described as a bottle of shifting sand.

最近几周，东乌克兰局势可谓一瓶晃荡的沙子。

Now I had to face the fact that I was on shifting sands again.

现在我不得不面对我又在流沙上的事实。

They could point with satisfaction to the election returns of 1852; but their very security was founded upon shifting sands.

他们可以满意地指出 1852 年的选举结果；但他们的安全是建立在流沙之上的。

The captain was taking his ease after a long day of weary riding across the shifting sands of the desert.

经过一整天疲惫的骑行穿越沙漠的流沙后， 船长正在放松。

The Egyptians spoke of death as going west like the setting sun, and the Nile's west bank had a plateau of bedrock that could support the pyramid better than shifting sand.

埃及人说死亡就像夕阳西下一样，尼罗河西岸有一块基岩高原，比流沙更能支撑金字塔。