选注者言:本文用非常清晰明了的语言对地震现象作了说明和解释。值得我们学习的内容有:许多科技术语的构成。本文提供了三种模式。一是科技专用术语,比如:epicenter,其含义是“震中”,是一个专门为earthquake所用的单词,当然,人们也经常用其转义(Connotation),比如:stood at the epicenter of theinternational crisis/处于国际危机的中心。二是“挪用”普通词汇,作为科技术 The commentator’s statement: This article explains and explains the phenomenon of earthquake in a very clear language. What we are worth learning is the composition of many technical terms. This article provides three modes. The first is technology-specific terminology, such as: epicenter, which means “quake epicenter”. It is a word used specifically for earthquake. Of course, people often use their own Connotation, such as: stood at the epicenter of the international crisis. The center of the international crisis. The second is “misappropriation” of common vocabulary as a technology