"epicentre" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 震中

Definition

地震发生点正上方的地表位置。也可以指某项重大事件或活动的中心。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

主要用于科学领域描述地震，也常用于比喻重大事件的中心。报导灾难、危机等时常见。注意英语美式拼写为 'epicenter'。

Examples

The epicentre of the earthquake was near the city.

地震的**震中**靠近这座城市。

Scientists measured the distance from the epicentre to the village.

科学家测量了从**震中**到村庄的距离。

The epicentre was marked on the map in red.

**震中**在地图上用红色标出。

This city became the epicentre of cultural change in the country.

这座城市成为国家文化变革的**中心**。

After the flood, the school was at the epicentre of the relief effort.

洪水过后，这所学校成了救援行动的**中心**。

The town found itself at the epicentre of national attention.

这座小镇成了全国关注的**焦点**。