This is a preliminary assessment, but it seems there's been some damage to his spinal column.

他的脊柱好像损伤了，但这只是初步的诊断。

Barron, who has invested millions of dollars in preliminary environmentalimpact assessments, describes the abyssal plain where the nodules are located as a " lifeless desert" where the impact of mining is likely to be minimal, if felt at all.

巴伦在初步环境影响评估中投入了数百万美元，他将结核所在的深海平原描述为一个 “无生命的沙漠”，采矿的影响可能是极其微小的。