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因为地震,每天飞往这个城市的航班暂停了。 The daily flight to the city has been temporarily suspended because of the earthquake.
这次地震是个可怕的灾难。 The earthquake was a terrible catastrophe.
这次地震把这堵墙震得下陷并开始崩塌. The earthquake made the wall sink and start to crumble.
墙壁因地震而倾斜。 The wall declined slightly on account of the earthquake.
地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。 The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.
旧金山地震是世纪性的灾难之一。 The San Francisco earthquake was one of the worst catastrophes of the century.
多亏许多科学的工作,我们能预先知道要发生地震的时间和地点了。 Thanks to the work of many scientists, we are able to learn in advance when and where an earthquake will happen.
在1976年,无数的房屋因唐山地震而倒坍。 Numerous houses collapsed as a result of the Tangshan Earthquake in1976.
地震本身的真正原因是地球表面的或地底下的岩石断裂或破裂。 The actual cause of the quake itself is the rupturing or breaking of rocks at or below the earth's surface.
地震之后紧跟着就是瘟疫。 Plague came in the wake of earthquake.