epicentre
美 [ˈɛpiˌsɛntə(r)] 
英
词形变化
复数：epicentres
英汉双解
1. | （地震的）震中the point on the earth's surface where the effects of an earthquake are felt most strongly |
2. | 中心；焦点；集中点the central point of sth |
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One witness, Macarena Railef, said the force of the quake was overwhelming even far from its epicentre.
一个目标证人，MacarenaRailef，说这个地震力连震中很远的地方也影响到了。
The euro area, he said, was currently its epicentre, and the consequences could be much worse than anything seen so far.
他说，目前欧元区是危机最严重的地区，而且危机导致的后果可能比目前所能见到的更加严重。
New York was the epicentre of this year's credit crisis, and that does not help its status as a financial centre.
纽约处于今年信贷危机的震中，这无益于其作为金融中心的地位。
Chile was also luckier that the quake's epicentre was much deeper down in the earth than in Haiti, mitigating its destructive power.
和海地相比，智利更加幸运一些，因为他的震源更加深，减轻了地震的破坏力。
Far from the epicentre of power in Bangkok, grass-roots governance is beginning to flourish.
在远离曼谷权力中心的地方，平民治理方式正开始盛行。
I do not know what the epicentre of the next crisis will be, except that it is unlikely to involve structured debt products.
我不知道下一次危机的“震中”在哪里，只知道它不太可能涉及结构性债券产品。
Far from the epicentre of power, grass-roots governance is beginning to flourish.
在远离权力中心的地方，平民治理方式正开始盛行。
For a few years it seemed to be the capital not only of Britain but perhaps of the world too: the epicentre of globalisation.
那几年里，伦敦不仅仅是英国首都，也许也是世界首都：全球化的中心。
The battle with Buganda will remain the epicentre of opposition to an extension of his rule, but other factors add to his troubles.
与布干达之间的斗争仍将是阻碍他继续当选的中心问题，同时其他因素也给他增加了麻烦。
Since the US was the epicentre of the financial crisis, the relatively small decline in output is remarkable.
由于美国是本轮金融危机的“震源地”，产出下降较小规模，都会显得非同小可。
The US geological survey said the quake had a magnitude of 8. 9, with an epicentre about 130 kilometres off Japan's east coast.
美国地质调查称这次地震震级为8.9，震中位于离日本东海岸130公里处。
At least one civilian was killed in Rastan and two more in the southern province of Deraa, an epicentre for recent protests, activists said.
激进派人士称，在拉斯坦至少有一名当地民众死亡，而另外两名遇难者来自于抗议活动的主要地区——德拉省南部。
"Whilst Asia was not the epicentre of the crisis it has been hit hard, " said Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IMF managing director, last week.
IMF总裁多米尼克-斯特劳斯-卡恩（DominiqueStrauss-Kahn）上周表示：“尽管亚洲并非危机的核心地区，但仍遭受了严重打击。”
One of the worst-hit areas appears to be Beichuan county, part of the Mianyang city municipal area, about 50km from the epicentre .
受灾最严重地区之一是绵阳市北川县，该县离震中有50余公里。
China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has flown to the epicentre to see relief work , having met survivors elsewhere .
国家总理温家宝已经飞往灾区指挥救援工作并看望生还者。
Only Spain can really be described as an epicentre country, and of course the US and the UK had far greater systemic importance.
只有西班牙才真正称得上“震中”国家，而当然美国和英国的系统重要性要大得多。
One of Sichuan's worrisome "quake lakes" , formed when landslides block a river, is also near the aftershock's epicentre in Hongguang.
在四川省众多令人担心的“堰塞湖”中，有一个也靠近位于余震震中的红光乡。“堰塞湖”是山体滑坡堵住河流而形成的。
When an earthquake is detected, the software immediately looks at the size of the tremor and the location of its epicentre.
当检测到地震时，该系统软件立即测算地震规模与震中位置。
A few even bought train tickets or drove off in the opposite direction to New York, the supposed epicentre of the alien invasion.
甚至有一些人买了火车票或者驾车逃离据猜测是入侵中心的纽约。
Meanwhile, stress in the credit markets, the epicentre of the financial crisis, intensified as investors fled to save government securities.
与此同时，信贷市场（此次金融危机的震中）压力加剧，投资者纷纷将资产转换成安全的政府证券。
It threatens to become "the second epicentre of the global financial crisis" , this time unfolding in Europe rather than America.
此时它的出现预示着成为“全球经济危机第二个中心”的将是欧洲而不是美国。
From all around the dam area, Chinese soldiers are launching their assault on the epicentre .
从大坝临近的地区，中国的士兵们向震中发起了总攻。
One family in Darfield, near the epicentre of the quake, reported spending the night under their dining table.
靠近震中的达菲尔德地区的一户人家，称他们当晚是在自家的餐桌下度过的。
In Sendai, the city largest near to the quake epicentre, the waves swept through the car park of the airport and engulfed buildings.
在距离震中最近的仙台市，海浪席卷了机场停车场，建筑物起火。
Authorities said as many as 10, 000 people remained unaccounted for in just one of the cities near the epicentre, Mianzhu.
当局表示，仅在靠近震中的绵竹，就有1万人依然无法联系。
But, as I discovered during a four-day journey through the epicentre of the disaster, that is not the full story.
但是，如同我在自杀灾难中心区四天考察之旅所发现的那样，转基因支持者所说的并非原因的全部。
The combination of excessive leverage and mortgage securitisation were at the epicentre of the US subprime crisis.
美国次贷危机的核心诱因是过高的杠杆率和抵押贷款证券化的共同作用。
With over two billion views a day, it's become the epicentre of a video advertising boom.
每日观看数逾两百万的YouTube，已然成为视频广告大爆发的中心点。
Geographic and cultural distance from the epicentre should give some protection, as should economic dynamism and competent governance.
与“震中”的地域和文化距离应当会提供某种保护，经济活力和称职的管治也一样。
In Yingxiu, close to the Sichuan earthquake's epicentre, he paid tribute to Beijing's efforts.
在映秀，这个接近震中的地方，潘基文对中国的努力高度称赞。
There were reports of many deaths in the Indonesian island of Nias, south of the earthquake's epicentre .
位于震中南部的印尼尼亚斯岛报告有大量人员死亡。
Rich people are less tied than they once were to their wealth managers in Zurich's banking epicentre.
富人们不再像以前那样依赖苏黎世银行业中心的财富管理公司了。
He was two miles from the epicentre of the blast, in a rain of flaming scraps of paper and clothes.
他所处位置距离爆炸中心两英里，这里下起一阵“碎片雨”——燃烧的纸片和衣服碎片。
In Beichuan, a mountain town closer to the epicentre, more than 1, 000 pupils are believed to have perished at the Number One middle school.
在靠近震中的山区县城北川，北川第一中学估计有1000多名学生遇难。
"Banks have been at the epicentre of a storm of rage" .
“银行一直处于公愤风暴的中心地带”。
The connection, of course, is that Clark contrived to be an outsider even at the very epicentre of power.
当然与之相联系的是甚至是在权力的剧烈颠覆中，克拉克试图装作一个局外人。
The epicentre of the most lethal and destructive earthquake in Italy for almost 30 years lay a few kilometres outside the city.
这是意大利近30年中遇难人数最多、破坏性最强的一次地震，震中距市区仅几公里远。
MalcolmMoore Almost there. Still very few signs of devastation outside epicentre. Passing through towns that are largely intact.
快到玉树了，镇中心外遭受到破坏的迹象仍然很少，现在正在穿过的城镇几乎完好无损
Collapsing US house prices are the epicentre of the global crisis.
暴跌的美国房价是当前全球危机的震中所在。
It is worth remembering that the epicentre of the 2008 disaster was American property, hardly a free market undistorted by government.
有必要牢记的是，2008年灾难的震中是美国人的财产，而不是为政府所扭曲的自由市场。
