慢速英语:Designing a Quake-Resistant Building Starts at the Soil

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2. mammoth adj. 巨大的，庞大的
例句：In China, women take full part in administering state and social affairs and thus have made mammoth contributions to the country's development of democracy and building of its legal system.
在中国，妇女全面参与国家和社会事务的管理，为中国的民主和法制建设作出了巨大贡献。

3. measure v. 测量，计量
例句：By what standard do you measure it?
你用什么标准来衡量它呢？

4. magnitude n. 【地】震级[C]
例句：Many studies are made on the pattern of earthquake occurrence in space, time and magnitude.
许多学生对地震发生的空间，时间和震级的图像作了许多研究。

5. mean vt. 意味着，有...的意义
例句：To a certain extent, to raise wages means increasing purchasing power.
在一定程度上,提高工资意味着增加购买力。

6. sustain vt. 承受，支撑
例句：The branches could hardly sustain the weight of fruit.
树枝已很难支撑水果的重量。

7. invest v. 投资，花费
例句：He showed good judgement in deciding not to invest in the project.
他决定不对那项工程投资, 这说明他的判断力很强。

8. weaken v. （使）削弱，（使）变弱
例如：The arrangements of Asia weaken.
亚洲的格局淡了。

9. resistant adj. 有抵抗力的，抵抗的
例句：Dyes have to be more resistant to ozone.
染料更能抵制臭氧。

10. detail v. 详述
例句：The man detailed to us all the wonders he had seen in his travels.
那人向我们详述了他旅途所见之奇事。

11. facility n. (供特定用途的)场所[C][(+for)]
例句：The offender was sent to a correctional facility.
罪犯被送到教养院。