epicentre

noun

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

in AM, use 美国英语用 epicenter


1. N-COUNT 震中
   The epicentre of an earthquake is the place on the earth's surface directly above the point where it starts, and is the place where it is felt most strongly.
   1. The earthquake had its epicentre two-hundred kilometres north-east of the capital.
      那次地震的震中位于首都东北200公里处。

1. The earthquake had its epicentre two-hundred kilometres north-east of the capital.
   那次地震的震中位于首都东北200公里处。
2. The housing sector was at the epicentre of the US financial crisis and recession and it continues to weigh on the recovery, he said.
   他表示：房地产行业是此次美国金融危机和衰退的震源，它将继续给经济复苏带来压力。
3. Resistance to artemisinins was confirmed in2009 in the Greater Mekong subregion, the traditional epicentre for drug-resistant malaria.
   2009年，大湄公河次区域，传统耐药疟疾的中心，确认出现对青蒿素的耐药性。
4. At its epicentre is the 17-nation eurozone.
   位于震中的是拥有17个成员国的欧元区。
5. 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。
6. Suddenly, Chicago, Obama's adopted home, had became the epicentre of change.
   突然之间，奥巴马的第二故乡芝加哥成为了变化的中心。
7. 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。
8. It has become the epicentre of an aftershock of the global financial crisis that could prove even more destructive than the initial earthquake.
   这场危机已成为全球金融危机之余震的“震中”，而这场余震的破坏力可能要超过“初震”。
9. This paper reports a synthesis method of a new epicentre complex agent.
   文章报告了一种新的三中心络合剂的合成方法。
10. Reporters and editors across the country, some with staff about to board flights to the epicentre in Sichuan, debated whether to ignore the edict.
    记者和编辑该国各地，一些与工作人员约登上航班，震央在四川，辩论是否忽略了法令。
11. Inevitably, the focus is on the US, epicentre of the crisis and the world's largest economy.
    人们的关注重点必然会放在美国，因为它是此次危机的发源地，也是全球最大的经济体。
12. Damage done to roads and communication lines meant that soldiers arrived in Wenchuan county, the epicentre of the quake, for the first time today after a two-day hike through the ravaged region.
    地震对道路和交通线路的破环意味着士兵们是经过两天步行，穿越遭地震蹂躏的地区，才于今天首次抵达地震震中汶川县。
13. This part of the world is the historical epicentre for the emergence of drug-resistant malaria parasites.
    该地区是历史上出现耐药性疟疾寄生虫的中心地带。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. Officials are worried about damage to dams upriver from Dujiangyan, closer to the epicentre.
    官方担心地震损害靠近震源的都江堰上游的大坝。
17. 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。
18. Some experts view Asia as the new epicentre for the diabetes epidemic.
    一些专家认为亚洲已成为糖尿病新的流行中心。
19. RESCUE teams from around the world flew to the earthquake epicentre yesterday as China opened its borders to foreign aid for the first time.
    救援队从世界各地飞到了这次地震的震央在昨天，作为中国开放其边界，以对外援助为第一次。
20. The epicentre of the day's celebrations was London's Chinatown.
    活动的中心就是伦敦的唐人街。
21. 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。
22. In Longmen, a village about 10km from the epicentre in Taiping, most houses were damaged.
    在距离震中位置10公里的龙门乡，大部分房舍受到损坏。
23. Research and Implementation of Data Model Projection Tool Based on Epicentre
    基于Epicentre的数据模型投影工具研究与实现
24. Its president calls it a global epicentre.
    该国总统将其称为全球震中。
25. Since the US was the epicentre of the early shocks, its recovery has been relatively good.
    由于美国是早期危机的震源，它复苏得相对不错。
26. The destruction around the epicentre in remote Wenchuan county is massive, with whole mountainsides sheared off, highways ripped apart and building after building levelled.
    破坏周围的震中位于偏远的温泉县是大规模的，与整个山坡剪切小康，公路撕裂和建设后，建设为平地。
27. The epicentre of this one was in the west.
    但本轮危机的震中就在西方。
28. Coincidentally, they were also living next to the epicentre of the earthquake.
    巧合的是，他们都居住在地震震中附近。
29. Are the patient and the patient's family at the epicentre of the universe?
    患者和患者家属是一切工作的中心吗？

noun

1. the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

   Synonym:    epicenter