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a. 地震的



    seismic
    [ adj ]
    subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
    <adj.all>


    Seismic \Seis"mic\, Seismal \Seis"mal\, a. [Gr. seismo`s an
    earthquake, from sei`ein to shake.]
    Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake.

    {Seismic vertical}, the point upon the earth's surface
    vertically over the center of effort or focal point whence
    the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line
    connecting these two points.

    1. Mona Passage is a high seismic zone registering some 2,000 small tremors a year.
    2. Seitel, which provides seismic data for the energy industry, said that while that industry struggles through economic woes, the company continues to experience strong operating results primarily from sales of new data and the resale of older data.
    3. "Geophysicists more than once warned builders of the high seismic activity in northwest Armenia," the Communist Party newspaper Pravda said after the Dec. 7 earthquake that rocked a part of Soviet Armenia known for centuries for deadly quakes.
    4. The Elf-Total-BP joint venture has already spent $11.6 million on the permit to drill, most of it for seismic tests, said Elf's chief of French operations, Bruno Weymuller.
    5. Cries from the children, feedback from microphones and seismic tools, and dogs trained to search for humans led the rescue crews to the survivors.
    6. If you transfer economic pre-eminence to Japan and military supremacy to the Soviets, both of whom thirst for it, then the world will suffer a historic seismic shift.
    7. For the most part, word of the tests becomes publicly available anyway because workers are evacuated from the test site and the underground explosions are detected from seismic signals.
    8. "Iran is in a very active seismic region," he said, and that there have been many smaller quakes.
    9. Varying levels of seismic activity continued through the month.
    10. 'The Fed has provided a seismic shock to markets and you have to be concerned that world markets are about to hit an air pocket; it could be very nasty short-term,' he said.
    11. Even many buildings that met seismic codes in the 1960s and 1970s are now a worry.
    12. New buildings will be no higher than four stories and located away from heavy seismic areas, said Alexander G. Krivov, deputy chairman of a committee on architecture and city building.
    13. Ironically, Caltrans this year began working on a second round of seismic reinforcements of freeways around the state, this time wrapping freeway columns in "steel blankets" to reinforce them.
    14. The Xinjiang regional seismic bureau has sent seismologists to investigate, it said.
    15. As a result of these developments, seismic activity, drilling permits, well drilling and well servicing all continue to be down at double-digit rates in year-to-year comparisons.
    16. Since October 1986, seismic activity has remained at "background levels," scientists said.
    17. They sent seismic signals deep into the earth's crust and mapped the locations of likely oil deposits throughout the Paris metropolitan region.
    18. They fear that it may discourage viewers from adequately preparing for seismic disaster.
    19. A government lawyer said he thought it possible that seismic testing in the region could begin before winter.
    20. 'The problems of sending back vast quantities of seismic data are quite similar to the technical parameters of moving television pictures about.' SKI wear is high fashion, and even the smallest item has to be carefully chosen.
    21. The PNET places identical limits on nuclear blasts for peaceful purposes, such as seismic exploration or excavation.
    22. Seitel develops proprietary seismic data and arranges the acquisition and marketing of that data.
    23. "The original magnitude of 6.9 was based on more localized seismic readings," said Waverly Person, director of the USGS National Earthquake Information Service in Golden, Colo., in a statement.
    24. The Japanese archipelago, in the world's most active seismic zone, is hit each year by some 1,000 tremors strong enough to be felt.
    25. In their exploration campaign, the companies say they have already spent more than the 70 million francs _ about $11.6 million _ required under the five-year permit, mostly for seismic tests.
    26. A first round of Anglo-Argentine talks on seismic exploration around the disputed Falkland Islands will take place in Buenos Aires later this month.
    27. Standard has a 3.5 million-acre tract near Qatar on which it has already done extensive seismic study.
    28. The coming weeks may signal not just another Tory leadership battle but a seismic shift in British politics.
    29. And if new year's eve 1999 does not go off with a suitably seismic bang, pedants, who know that the third millennium starts at midnight on January 1 2001 can have a second crack a year later. The British government is among the purists.
    30. West Bay Exploration Co. of Traverse City, Mich., paid Chrysler to drill at the plant after a seismic test late last month showed gas might be buried underneath.
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