Because of the typhoons that batter Japan in the summer, Japanese builders learned to extend the eaves of buildings further beyond the walls.
由于夏季袭击日本的台风,日本的建筑工人学会了将建筑物的屋檐延伸到墙外更远的地方。
In a land swept by typhoons and shaken by earthquakes, how have Japan's tallest and seemingly flimsiest old buildings—500 or so wooden pagodas—remained standing for centuries?
在这片被台风席卷、被地震撼动的土地上,日本最高、看似最脆弱的老建筑——约500座木制宝塔——是如何屹立了几个世纪的?
Sometimes it rains heavily.Sometimes there are typhoons.
有时下大雨。有时有台风。
We have a comprehensive system to deal with the impact of typhoons.
我们有处理台风影响的综合体系。
The latest technology can track typhoons in real time.
最新的技术可以实时跟踪台风动向。
Though typhoons are destructive, a typhoon's eye is not.
别看台风那么有破坏力,台风眼却是异常平静的。
Farms are also susceptible to bacteria and typhoons, researchers say.
人工养殖场也容易受到细菌和台风的侵袭,研究人员说。
The typhoons which regularly strike the place are simply too powerful.
台风风力过于强大,每到一处都会对当地造成很大的破坏。
Hurricanes and typhoons have become stronger and longer-lasting over the past 30 years.
在最近30年里,飓风和台风持续的时间越来越长,强度也越来越大。
It is designed to be used for rescue missions in earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters.
它被设计用于在地震、台风以及其他自然灾害中开展营救行动。
Jerry:So we have some typhoons in summer and droughts down south in the winter, but it's not that bad.
杰瑞:我们这儿夏天有台风,冬天时南部会干旱,但是情况不像你想的那么坏。
Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are different terms used in different regions of the world for the same phenomenon.
飓风、台风和热带风暴其实是对同一种现象发生在世界不同区域时的不同表述。
With tsunamis and typhoons too, an acceptance of natural disasters is said to be hard-wired into the Japanese psyche.
此外还有海啸和台风。人们都说对自然灾难的接受已经扎根在日本精神之中。
There are almost no forecasts on catastrophic climate hazards, and the few that there concentrate on typhoons and tornados.
目前基本没有对灾难性气候灾害的预报,对台风和龙卷风的预报也少之又少。
Last year, some areas in China were hit by natural disasters of a severity seldom seen in history, including typhoons and droughts.
去年,我国部分地区遭受了历史上罕见的超强台风和特大干旱等严重自然灾害。
What has mystified scholars over the ages is how these tall, wooden buildings cope so well with the earthquakes and typhoons that plague Japan.
为何这些高耸的木结构能在地震台风多发的日本屹立不倒,这个问题多年以来一直困扰着众多学者。
He cited stronger typhoons, worsening droughts, resurgence of diseases and extinctions of species as among the alarming impacts of global warming.
他引证了更强的台风、更严峻的干旱、疾病的再现和物种的消失作为全球变暖过程的警告。
Analysis of satellite data shows that in the last 25 years, strong cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons have become more frequent in most of the tropics.
对于卫星数据的分析表明在最近的25年内,强风暴、飓风、台风更加频繁的光顾大部分的热带地区。
Tropical cyclones formed in the Pacific Ocean are called typhoons, but are classified on a scale of one to five in the same way as Atlantic Ocean hurricanes.
太平洋地区形成的热带气旋被称为台风,与大西洋飓风一样强度分为一到五级。
Scientists are particularly interested in the role of this dust transport in the formation of clouds and in influencing the development of hurricanes and typhoons.
让科学家特别感兴趣的是尘土在成云过程的作用和对飓风台风形成的影响。
First, the typhoons which regularly strike the place are simply too powerful. (in 2003, for example, such a storm crippled six turbines on Miyakojima, near Okinawa.)
首先,定期来袭的台风风力太强(以2003年为例,类似的风暴在冲绳附近的宫古岛损坏六座风力发电机)。
The best season for obtaining salt is between March and July each year, when sunlight is profuse, temperature is high, rain is scarce, and typhoons are unlikely.
最适合晒盐的季节是每年的三到七月份,这时阳光普照,气温高,雨水少,台风一般还没光顾。
As the best candidate, I was appointed to collect and evaluate information for a database about diverse natural disasters, such as hurricanes, typhoons or thunderstorms.
作为最好的候选人,我被委派为一个数据库收集和评估各种自然灾害的信息,例如飓风、台风或雷暴等。
Munich said first-half losses "are generally lower than second-half losses, which are often affected by hurricanes in the North Atlantic and typhoons in the Northwest Pacific."
慕尼黑再保险公司说,通常“前半年的灾损要比后半年的低,因为后半年将是北大西洋和西北太平洋飓风和台风频发的时段”。
Japan is planning ultra(1) long-range 30-year weather forecasts that will predict typhoons, storms, blizzards(2), droughts and other inclement(3) weather, an official said Tuesday.
周二,日本官方称计划进行一次超长天气预测,将预测未来30年内会发生的台风、暴风雨、暴风雪、干旱和其他恶劣天气。
Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 - the deadliest year in more than a generation.
2010年死于地震、热浪、洪灾、火山喷发、超强台风、暴风雪、山体滑坡和干旱的人数超过了25万人,是30多年来死亡人数最多的一年。
Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards, landslides and droughts killed at least a quarter million people in 2010 - the deadliest year in more than a generation.
2010年死于地震、热浪、洪灾、火山喷发、超强台风、暴风雪、山体滑坡和干旱的人数超过了25万人,是30多年来死亡人数最多的一年。
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