All but one of the plates were damaged.
除去一只，盘子全打碎了。
The plates and glassware were rimmed with gold.
这些盘子和玻璃器皿都镶着金边。
The tanks were mainly constructed of steel plates.
这些坦克车主要是用钢板制造的。
The waiter whisked away the plates before we had finished.
服务员没等我们吃完就匆忙把盘子收走了。
Earthquakes are caused by two tectonic plates bumping into each other.
地震是由两块地壳构造板块互相碰撞造成的。
The children were given one each, handed to them or placed on their plates.
孩子们每人给一个，递给他们或者放在他们的盘子里。
They are washing these plates.
他们正在洗这些盘子。
The steel rolled out in plates.
钢轧成了钢板。
The sandwiches were on the plates.
三明治放在了盘子里。
I've got chopsticks, knives, forks, plates.
我拿到了筷子，餐刀，叉子，盘子。
Now these tectonic plates support the continents and oceans.
现在这些地壳板块支撑着大陆和海洋。
Dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around.
爸爸往我们的盘子里装满了热气腾腾的炖菜，然后把菜递给了我们。
Basically, a subduction zone is where two tectonic plates collide.
基本上，俯冲带就是两个地壳构造板块碰撞的地方。
Generally speaking, the interiors of plates are geologically uneventful.
一般来说，板块的内部在地质上是平静的。
Earth's surface consists of rigid plates that are constantly shifting and jostling one another.
地球表面由不断移动和相互碰撞的刚性板块组成。
By cutting down on food waste, we could help put food on the empty plates of some hungry children.
通过减少食物浪费，我们可以帮助把食物放到一些饥饿的孩子们的空盘子里。
It is at the boundaries between plates that most of Earth's volcanism and earthquake activities occur.
地球上大部分的火山活动和地震活动发生在板块之间的边界处。
All are slowly moving because the plates float on a denser semi-liquid mantle, the layer between the crust and Earth's core.
所有板块都在缓慢移动，因为它们漂浮在密度更大的半液态地幔上，也就是地壳和地核之间的那一层。
All are slowly moving because the plates float on a denser sem-iliquid mantle, the layer between the crust and Earth's core.
所有板块都在缓慢移动，因为它们漂浮在密度更大的半流体地幔上，也就是地壳和地核之间的那一层。
The Earth's crust is thought to be divided into huge, movable segments, called plates, which float on a soft plastic layer of rock.
人们认为地壳分成了巨大的、可移动的部分，称为板块，这些板块漂浮在柔软可塑的岩石层上。
It's called the Ring of Fire, a semicircle of violently shifting plates and volcanoes that runs along the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
这里被称为火圈带，一个由剧烈移动的板块和火山组成的半圆形区域，分布在太平洋沿岸。
Allopatric speciation can also be brought by the imperceptibly slow but colossal movements of the tectonic plates that make up Earth's surface.
构成地球表面的那些构造板块极其缓慢但剧烈的运动，也可能导致异地物种形成。
Most volcanoes that occur in the interiors of plates are believed to be produced by mantle plumes, columns of molten rock that rise from deep within the mantle.
人们认为，大多数发生在板块内部的火山爆发都是由地幔柱造成的，地幔柱是指从地幔深处涌出的熔岩柱体。
Earth's surface is not made up of a single sheet of rock that forms a crust but rather a number of "tectonic plates" that fit closely, like the pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle.
地球表面并不是由构成地壳的单块岩石构成，而是许多紧密相连的“构造板块”，像一块巨大的拼图。
Geologists therefore wondered whether the friction between the plates was being reduced by pockets of pressurized water within the fault that push the plates away from each other.
因此，地质学家们想知道，断层内部的加压水袋是否会使板块之间的摩擦力减小，从而使板块彼此远离。
Once it was understood how these plates move, it was possible to determine past movements of Earth's continents and how these slow movements have reshaped Earth's features at different times.
一旦人们了解了这些板块是如何运动的，就有可能确定过去地球上大陆的运动，以及这些缓慢的运动如何在不同时期重塑了地球的特征。
The book has 55 colour plates.
这本书有55页彩色整页插图。
The book includes 55 colour plates.
本书有55幅彩色插图。
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