单词 | landslide |
释义 | landslide (lændslaɪd ) Word forms: landslides 1. countable noun A landslide is a victory in an election in which a person or political party gets far more votes or seats than their opponents. He won last month's presidential election by a landslide. They won a landslide victory in the elections five months ago. Synonyms: decisive victory, triumph, overwhelming majority, walkover 2. countable noun A landslide is a large amount of earth and rocks falling down a cliff or the side of a mountain. The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. Synonyms: landslip, avalanche, mudslide, rockfall Image of landslide © Ruslan Shaforostov, Shutterstock Collocations: landslide majority He risked everything for this ... his leadership, his election victory, his landslide majority. The Sun That would give him a landslide majority at a general election. The Sun But the sheer size of his landslide majority puts him beyond challenge. The Sun He would be re-elected with a landslide majority to his second term. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Chambers won his second term in 1975 with a landslide majority of almost 75% of the popular vote. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nine days later, he won a landslide victory. Times, Sunday Times Having secured a landslide victory with his broad popular appeal, he eschewed the traditional motorcade, instead choosing to walk to parliament through a park. Times, Sunday Times Labour felt that it was on course for a landslide victory. Times, Sunday Times An extraordinary landslide victory and a sense of national emergency had made him, impressively, perhaps dangerously, powerful. Times, Sunday Times An absolute landslide victory for one of them, or one concedes defeat. The Sun At polling stations, organisers predicted a landslide vote in favour of independence. Times, Sunday Times After a landslide vote of 14,543, dark blue paint on the towers and the cables and dust yellow on the truss were incorporated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was reelected by a landslide vote. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has been re-elected by landslide votes in 2004 and 2008. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the contrary, he used early momentum to build popular support, yielding further congressional gains in 1934 and a massive landslide in 1936. Times, Sunday Times He won a massive landslide winning the highest popular vote of his career. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The national ground comprises an area flattened from a massive landslide caused by a heavy rain from a cyclone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Buck won his fourth term with a massive landslide and the largest plurality of his career in the 1979 general election. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bridges were constructed to reroute approximately 1.7 mi of the highway away from a massive landslide area on the south bank of the river. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rampaging waters swept away homes, destroyed bridges and triggered a landslide in a shanty town. Times, Sunday Times The intense rainfall triggered the landslide, although pre-existing conditions such as a leaking water main and poor sewage flow likely contributed to the event. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The quake triggered a landslide that created a natural dam. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the former, the rains triggered a landslide and polluted the local supply of drinking water. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Before and after imagery also helps to reveal how the landscape changed after an event, what may have triggered the landslide, and shows the process of regeneration and recovery. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wall of water was triggered by a massive underwater landslide 200 miles out to sea. The Sun Officials said that alarms had not been triggered because there was no earthquake, meaning the likely cause was an underwater landslide. Times, Sunday Times The slump has the potential of breaking away at a faster pace in the form of an underwater landslide. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are concerns about environmental risks linked to its extraction, including the possibility of underwater landslides and large uncontrolled releases of polluting methane gas. Times, Sunday Times Underwater landslides can set off extremely powerful tsunamis. Times, Sunday Times The opposition has been tipped to win by a landslide. Times, Sunday Times He'd win by a landslide. Times, Sunday Times Polls have suggested that, should he run, he would win by a landslide. Times, Sunday Times Will winning by a landslide actually mean that much? Times, Sunday Times Had there been a 'none of the above' party, it could have won by a landslide. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 山体滑坡 Japanese: 地すべり |
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