打捞尸体 meaning in Chinese

to recover bodies

Marine one , get someone in the water right away to retrieve the body
海军一号，派个人去水里打捞尸体
It was believed that the search for the bodies had been a fruitless effort merely because the drowning must have occurred in mid - channel , since the boys , being good swimmers , would otherwise have escaped to shore
大家认为打捞尸体是徒劳无获的，因为几个孩子一定是在河当中淹死的，要不然，凭他们那么好的水性，早就凫到岸上来了。