你知道怎样用英语表现地震的破坏力吗?
<p>据中国地震台网测定2月6日3时57分在台湾高雄市发生6.7级地震，震源深度15千米。台南市多处楼房在今天凌晨的地震过后倾斜、甚至倒塌，部分地点传出人员受困，消防人员前往救出多人。截至目前，地震已导致3人死亡，其中包括一名出生10天的女婴。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="toppled">toppled</span> <span word="a">a</span> 17-<span word="story">story</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="Taiwan">Taiwan</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>, <span word="killing">killing</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="a">a</span> 10-<span word="day">day</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="girl">girl</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Cti">Cti</span> <span word="News">News</span>.</p><p>据台湾中天电视报道，2月6日的强地震致台湾南部一座17层的居民楼倒塌，造成至少3人死亡，其中包括一名出生10天的女婴。</p><p>这里的<span word="topple">topple</span>指“使...倒下”，其他意思相近的词还有<span word="collapse">collapse</span>，<span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="down">down</span>和<span word="tumble">tumble</span>。不过，这几个词在具体用法上还是有些差别，<span word="topple">topple</span>前面的主语一定是外力，导致某个建筑物倒塌，比如这里的<span word="A">A</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span> <span word="toppled">toppled</span> <span word="a">a</span> 17-<span word="story">story</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="building">building</span>;而<span word="collapse">collapse</span>，<span word="fall">fall</span> <span word="down">down</span>和<span word="tumble">tumble</span>的主语基本都是建筑物本身，比如：<span word="a">a</span> 17-<span word="story">story</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="collapsed">collapsed</span>/<span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="down">down</span>/<span word="tumbled">tumbled</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="powerful">powerful</span> <span word="earthquake">earthquake</span>。</p><p>地震之所以可怕，除了其来势迅猛，猝不及防外，还因为它往往破坏力惊人。英语中，描述其破坏力的词，按由轻到重的次序大致有<span word="damage">damage</span>，<span word="destroy">destroy</span>， <span word="devastate">devastate</span>，<span word="shatter">shatter</span>，<span word="level">level</span>，<span word="flatten">flatten</span>等等。</p>
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