The seismic shock of a Soviet republic voting to secede showed that the Soviet Union was finished.

这个加盟国票决退出苏联，造成了地震般的冲击，表明苏联已经走到了穷途末路。

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Therefore, the research on seismic shock absorption technology for rural residential building is very important.

因此，加强对村镇建筑抗震减震技术研究具有重要意义。

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When the two of us left the new York Federal Reserve on Sunday night, we knew that the financial landscape was in for a seismic shock.

我们两人在周日晚上离开纽约联邦储备局的时候就清楚的意识到金融崩溃的大地震近在眼前。

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Although Portugal and Ireland might well have what it takes to stay in the system as it stands, the seismic shock of a Greek exit could ruin that.

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It was, instead, one of those relationships where one party (him) had a very deep, very dark secret that he hid for years and that, when it exploded to light, was such a seismic shock to my system that it took years to pick through the charred emotional landscape and tentatively begin to rebuild anew.

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Standard seismic exploration typically involves setting off an explosion, then measuring the passage of its shock wave through the ground.

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