最近各大新闻媒体高频词:
a magnitude 8.0 earthquake 8.0级地震
a magnitude 8.0 earthquake on the Richter Scale 里氏8.0级地震
at a scale of 7.8 on the Richter scale 里氏7.8级地震
an earthquake measured 3.8 on the Richter Scale 里氏3.8级地震
a tremor was placed at 5.6 on the Ricther scale. 地震的震级被测定为里氏5.6级。
aftershock 余震
aftershocks had mostly abated 余震已经减弱
airdrop food, drinking water and medicine 空投食物、饮用水和药品(知识延伸:“空投”分为三类,Low-Velocity Airdrop(低速空投),一般用于易碎或者大件物品;High-Velocity Airdrop(高速空投),一般用于耐用品;还有Free Fall Airdrop(自由降落空投),此类空投不用降落伞,常用于人道主义救援)
amputation 截肢
paramilitary troops 准军事部队
buckled roads 阻断了道路