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Earthquake struck!

 

earthquake地震/tsunami海嘯

(noun 名詞)

 

～ - magnitude ～級強度
Strike (verb動詞) 襲擊
Trigger (verb動詞) 引發

 

例子：A 9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on March 11, 2011. The massive earthquake triggered a powerful tsunami that reached heights of up to 40 metres.

 

Richter scale 黎克特制

例子：A massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale rocked Japan.

 

seismic zone 地震帶

 

例子：Japan lies on a seismically active zone.

 

看見seismic，不一定跟地震有關，也可作厲害、嚴重或巨大之意。

seismic (pre-modifying adj.)

例子：We have witnessed seismic changes in the international relations between China and other world powers recently.   

 

aftershock 餘震

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：Japan experienced over 1000 aftershocks since the major earthquake. The epicentres 震央of most of the aftershocks were underwater.

 

aftershock事件的餘波  = the effects of a shocking event

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：The death of her husband has left with her tonnes of aftershocks.   

 

nuclear plant 核電廠

step up 行動升級 (phrasal verb 片語動詞)

 

這裡的plant不是植物，是廠房！留意英式讀音是/plɑːnt/，美式則是/plænt/

另外，step up 有踏步上前的意思，採取進一步行動或者行動升級，就是step up。

 

例子：The Japanese government has stepped up action to prevent the nuclear plant from explosion.

 

evacuation 疏散

(noun 名詞)

 

例子：In the incident, the authority evacuated several hundred thousands of people for their safety.

 

evacuate (verb 動詞)

 

  • Evacuate somebody from somewhere 把人從…疏散
  • Evacuate somebody to somewhere 把人疏散至…

 

例子：Several families were evacuated from their homes.

例子：Many families living around the nuclear plant were evacuated to safe places.       

 

contamination 污染

(noun 名詞)

 

radioactive dust 放射性塵埃

take many lives 奪去很多生命

sow the seeds of 導致／種下禍根

 

例子：Radioactive dust scattering with the wind in all directions has caused severe contamination to the environment and food chain.

 

例子：The nuclear leakage not only took many lives but also sowed the seeds of cancer and birth defects.

   
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