I ordered to cut off the anchor chains immediately

我命令立即将锚链割断。

The anchor chain rattled, and the ship docked.

锚链发出哗啦声，船靠岸了。

That would anchor supply chains across Sub-Saharan Africa, and you'd train a generation of workers.

这将巩固整个撒哈拉以南非洲的应链，并且培训一代工人。

When it plied more heavily traveled seas, we often saw wrecked hulls rotting in midwater, and farther down, cannons, shells, anchors, chains, and a thousand other iron objects rusting away.

在交通繁忙的海域航行时，我们经常看到失事的船体在中层水域腐烂，而在更深处，大炮、炮弹、锚、链条和上千种其他铁制物体正在生锈。