In 1667, a great earthquake devastated most of the city.

1667 年的一场大地震，将城市大部分地方夷为平地。

Collapsed bridges, flattened apartment blocks and people trapped inside.

倒塌，多处房屋被夷为平地，大量民众被困。

The explosion leveled the house and heavily damaged four adjacent homes.

房屋被夷为平地，周边四处房屋遭严重毁坏。

If such an earthquake happened today, it would be felt from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and would flatten most of the cities in the Mississippi valley. That, he figured, should get his classmates' attention.

如果这种地震在当下发生，从洛矶山脉到大西洋，你都能感觉到它，而且密西西比河附近的村庄都会被夷为平地。他认为这样会引起学生们的注意。

Several hours earlier, the inferno was bringing down the Gothic Spire.

几个时前，地狱之火将哥特尖塔夷为平地。

Some homes have been knocked to the ground.

一些房屋被夷为平地。

Numbers 23 and 24 were torn to the ground, and the earth beneath them excavated to make way for the quickly growing London underground.

23、24 号被夷为平地，下方土石被掏空，以便兴建迅速发展中的伦敦地铁。

Many communities on Grand Bahama and Abaco islands have been flattened and left in rubble.

大巴哈马岛阿巴科群岛上一些社群的房屋已经被夷为平地，只剩一堆碎石。

Neighborhoods were leveled with homes and businesses destroyed, the roofs of buildings were torn off by wind, and as of Sunday, when we recorded our show, 27 people have been reported dead.

社区被夷为平地，房屋业被毁，建筑物的屋顶被风掀翻，据报道，截至周日，在我们录制节目时，已有27人遇难。

The tornado that flattened much of the community of Rolling Fork was rated at a strength of EF-4, according to a member of the National Weather Service team surveying the damage.

据美国国家气象局调查受灾情况团队中的一名成员称，这场将罗灵福克镇大部分社区夷为平地的龙卷风强度被定为EF-4级。

In the end, the magnificent city was burned to the ground, never to rise again.

最后，这座宏伟的城市被夷为平地，再也没有崛起过。

He'll flatten it, or turn it into a school for the Dark Arts!

他会把学校夷为平地，或者把它变成一所专门传授黑魔法的学校!

The Caldor Fire has scorched more than 126,000 acres and leveled at least 461 single homes in less than two weeks.

“卡多尔”的过火面积已超过126000英亩，不到两周，就把至少461户单户住宅夷为平地。

We have no houses, they're gone, they're a level to the ground.

我们没有房子，房子都没了，被夷为平地。

But before that happens, most cities will be wiped out by fire.

但在此之前，大多数城市将被大火夷为平地。

It nearly flattened some towns and caused landslides.

地震几乎将一些城镇夷为平地，并引发山体滑坡。

The explosion flattened an area the size of London.

把相当于整个伦敦大的地方夷为平地。

Now residents face fallen power lines, damaged restaurants and flatten homes.

现在，居民们面前是电线倒塌、餐馆受损房屋被夷为平地的局面。

But let's just say for some reason we lost control and clear-cut 100 percent of the rainforest in some sort of ecocidal rage.

但假设由于某种原因，我们失控了，在生态毁灭的愤怒中，我们把雨林全部夷为平地了。

It nearly flattened some towns and caused landslides. Blocked roads made rescue efforts more difficult.

地震几乎将一些城镇夷为平地，并引发山体滑坡。道路堵塞使救援工作更加困难。