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A series of powerful earthquakes rocked a crowded area of southern Turkey and northern Syria in early February.
2月初，土耳其南部和叙利亚北部人口密集的地区发生了一系列强烈地震。
Catastrophe
大灾难
Thousands of buildings collapsed.
数千栋建筑物倒塌。
Workers in some areas searched for weeks to rescue victims from the wreckage.
一些地区的工作人员花了数周时间从废墟中营救遇难者。
Estimates are that at least 50,000 people died and hundreds of thousands more were injured in the catastrophe.
据估计，在这场大灾难中，至少有5万人丧生，另有数十万人受伤。
A catastrophe is a sudden event that results in extreme damage to complete destruction.
catastrophe指的是突如其来的事件，它会造成极大的损坏，甚至是完全摧毁。
It is an exceptionally severe disaster.
它指的是一场异常严重的灾难。
