雅安芦山地震相关词汇（中英对照）

China Earthquake Administration 中国地震局

China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) 中国地震台网中心

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 美国地震调查局

The quake occurred at a depth of 13 kilometers below the surface. 震源深度13公里。

7.0-magnitude/magnitude-7 震级7.0

jolt/shake/rock 摇晃；颠簸

rip through 裂开；破开

flatten 夷为平地

level 推倒，夷平

smaller tremors 小地震

Ya’an City 雅安市

Lushan county 芦山县

Longmen 龙门

triage 检伤分类

triage center 医疗中心

geotag 地理位置标签

footage 连续镜头

direct rescue efforts 指导救援工作

quake-hit zone 地震灾区

powerful/massive earthquake 强震

aftershock 余震

secondary disaster 次生灾害

epicenter 震中

megathrust earthquake 大型逆冲区地震

rubble 碎石

death toll 死亡人数

collapse 坍塌

dispatch 派遣；调动

makeshift tent 临时帐篷

power grid 电网；电力输送网

rescue team 救援小组  

at 30.3 degrees north latitude and 103.0 degrees east longitude  北纬30.3度，东经103.0度

the Longmenshan fault 龙门山断裂带

bird eye 鸟瞰

the armed forces and armed police 军队和武警部队

relocate affected people 安置灾民

the golden time for saving lives 抢救生命的黄金时间

in disarray 混乱

barrier lake 堰塞湖

dynamite boulder 用炸药炸开巨石

地震已给当地人民生命财产安全造成重大损失。

The quake has caused severe losses to the security of people’s lives and properties.

中国国务院启动国家救灾一级响应机制。

The State Council, or the cabinet, has launched a first-grade emergency response to the earthquake.

要求抓紧了解灾情，把抢救生命作为首要任务，千方百计救援受灾群众，科学施救，最大限度减少伤亡。同时要加强地震监测，切实防范余震带来的次生灾害，妥善做好受灾群众安置工作，维护灾区社会稳定。

Instructions released require obtaining information of the disaster quickly, prioritizing lives and making every possible effort to rescue people.

Rescue work should be done in a scientific way, reducing casualties to a minimum, according to the instructions.

The instructions also urged the strengthening of seismic monitoring, taking concrete steps to prevent secondary disasters, resettling affected people properly and safeguarding social stability of the quake-hit zone.