fault line

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Naples does not sit squarely on a fault line but is close enough to be at risk for major damage if a strong quake hits nearby.
那普樂思并沒有完全位于斷層線上但也非常的靠近，因此有著巨大傷害的風(fēng)險如果附近出現(xiàn)強大的地震。
This is an enduring fault line in the nature of medicine itself—is it a future-oriented science or is it a present-rooted, caring practice?
這是醫(yī)學(xué)本身一直存在的一個斷層線——醫(yī)學(xué)是面向未來的科學(xué)呢還是著重現(xiàn)在的護理業(yè)務(wù)？
For the past 36 years, Roe versus Wade has been a fault line across America, pitting its coasts against its heartland, state against state, woman against woman.
過去的36年里，羅伊訴韋德案制造了一條貫穿美國的斷層線，引發(fā)了沿海與內(nèi)陸、州與州、婦女與婦女之間的對立。

It is along or near this fault line that most of California's earthquakes take place, as the two tectonic plates move in different directions.
Jakarta itself does not sit on a geological fault line.

The mightiest of corporations and the mightiest of earthquakes-- there is a fault line.
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The center line looked as if it was running over an active fault line.
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A fault line is a long crack in the surface of the earth. Earthquakes usually occur along fault lines.
A fault line in a system or process is an area of it that seems weak and likely to cause problems or failure.