“山体滑坡”英语怎么说
“山体滑坡”英语怎么说
摘要:周一,警方称马来西亚一孤儿院附近发生山体滑坡,15名男孩和一名成年人遇害,其他9人获救。你知道怎么用英语表达吗?
Two landslides that hit a Malaysian orphanage killed 15 boys and one adult but nine other people survived, police said Sunday.
District police chief Abdul Rashid Wahab said the bodies of 15 boys, aged 8 to 18, and a 34-year-old caretaker had been recovered. Six boys and three wardens who were critically injured in Saturday's landslides have been hospitalized, he said.
周一,警方称马来西亚一孤儿院附近发生山体滑坡,15名男孩和一名成年人遇害,其他9人获救。
当地警方负责人阿卜杜勒拉希德瓦哈卜称遇难者中有15个男孩,年龄在8到28岁,丧生的成年人为34岁的孤儿院工作人员,遇难者的尸体已经被找到。他说,在上周山体滑坡中受伤严重的六名男孩和三名工作人员已经被送入医院。
【讲解】
文中的“landslide”就是“山体滑坡”的意思,“landslip”也可以表示“山体滑坡”。“landslide”还可以表示“压倒性胜利”,如“a landslide victory”。常用的一个词组“by a landslide”表示“以压倒性胜利”,如The SNP candidate won by a landslide .(苏格兰国民党候选人以压倒性胜利赢得选举。)