1.[i]~ (with sth)(因恐惧或紧张)发抖,颤抖,哆嗦to shake because you are very frightened or nervous
Quaking with fear, Polly slowly opened the door.波莉吓得直发抖,慢慢地打开了门。
2.[i]震动;颤动to move or shake violently
The ground quaked as the bomb exploded.炸弹爆炸时,地面都震动了。
The more critical situation appeared to be with Reactor Nos. 1, 2 and 3, which had been online at the time of the quake.
当时似乎一号、二号和三号反应堆的情况更危急,地震时它们都处于工作状态。
Staff at a nearby hotel said the quake had been strong enough to shake television sets off tables and smash them.
附近的酒店人员说,这次地震厉害得把他们的电视机都从桌子上搞下来并敲到他们。
None of the children in his literature class died in the quake.
当时在他的语文课上的学生们没有一个在地震中丧生。
Naples does not sit squarely on a fault line but is close enough to be at risk for major damage if a strong quake hits nearby.
那普乐思并没有完全位于断层线上但也非常的靠近,因此有着巨大伤害的风险如果附近出现强大的地震。
Following a committee meeting just a week before the quake, some members of the group assured the public that they were in no danger.
在震前的一次会议上,一些成员使公众确信没有任何的危险。
He said people rushed out of their homes and buildings as the quake rocked the reef-fringed tropical island around lunchtime.
他说,在这场地震于大约午餐时间袭击这个由礁石环绕的热带岛屿之时,人们都从自己的家中和建筑物中蜂拥奔出。
The Sichuan quake has jolted China just as it was meant to be celebrating its Olympic triumph.
就在中国应当欢庆奥运胜利之时,四川大地震撼动了中国。
If that were to be the case for the Padang earthquake, the event could reduce the likelihood of a great quake at that location anytime soon.
如果巴东地震属于这种情况,那么这次地震将降低在该地区近期任何时候发生特大地震的可能性。
Haiti needs at least $10m to assist victims and the quake will likely claim up to 100000 lives, said the International Red Cross.
国际红十字会称,海地目前至少需要1000万美元用于救助灾民,初步估计该国有10万人会在此次地震中丧生。
Also in the Philippines, Bayan Telecommunications Inc. said the quake disrupted some of its digital-subscriber-line services.
在菲律宾,BayanTelecommunicationsInc.说,日本地震令该公司的DSL服务部分中断。
He said he hoped the earthquake would not come to be known as the "Sendai quake. "
他说自己不希望这次地震被称为“仙台地震”。
The aging PC gathering dust in the guest room? Ready to catch the next quake.
老化的个人电脑采集客厅里的灰尘,这是在准备捕获下一次地震的信息。
"These plants are designed to withstand the most severe quake" that they could be expected to see in their lifetimes, he said.
他表示,按照设计标准,这些核电站可以抵御预计服役年份中所能遇到的最强地震。
"The entire city could drown in a tsunami triggered by such a quake, " he said.
地震若引发海啸,整个城市都可能都会被淹没。
Her students, she said, had brought in information about that quake that was "all over the place. "
她的学生,她说,带来的关于海地地震的信息是“每个地方都可能发生地震”。
He said he and a few others were traveling in a truck through the city when the quake hit.
斯特凡尤克说,地震发生的时候,他正和几个人坐着卡车穿过太子港。
Something just as devastating as the quake was the tsunami -- this giant ocean wave -- that the quake caused.
和地震同样具有破坏力的还有海啸——地震引起巨大的海浪。
Japan's Meteorological Agency said the quake had prompted a tsunami warning for parts of the Pacific coast.
日本气象部门称,地震引起太平洋部分地区发布了海啸预警。
That quake was one of the most deadly in recorded history, prompting Beijing to introduce tougher building codes in vulnerable areas.
那次地震可以说是有历史记载以来最为惨重的一次,也促使中国政府在敏感区域引入了更坚固的建筑法规。
"Already people [overseas] are saying they would be keen to adopt children orphaned by the quake, " said Jon Bugge, of Save the Children.
“已有海外人士表示他们渴望收养地震中失去双亲的孤儿,”挽救孩子机构的乔恩说。
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