A strong 8.2-magnitude earthquake has hit the northwest coast of Chile, killing at least six people and setting off a small tsunami.
智利西北海岸发生里氏8.2级强烈地震，造成至少6人死亡，并引发小海啸。
Jin Yong, one of the most influential Chinese novelists, passed away on 30th October, setting off a great wave of reviewing of his classics.
金庸是中国最具影响力的小说家之一，他在10月30号逝世了，这掀起了一场回顾他的经典作品的热潮。
We should stop setting off fireworks to reduce pollution.
我们应该停止燃放烟花爆竹来减少污染。
Undaunted, he remained south of the equator, keeping himself busy by studying the islands of Mauritius and Madagascar before setting off to observe the next transit in the Philippines.
他毫不气馁，继续留在赤道以南，在动身前往菲律宾观察下一个过境点之前，他一直忙于研究毛里求斯和马达加斯加群岛。
What puzzles me is how the burglar got into the house without setting off the alarm.
令我迷惑的是抢匪是如何在不引发报警器的情况下进入屋子的。
On the other, hand, as we all know, setting off firecrackers may cause a lot of trouble.
另一方面，众所周知，燃放鞭炮会给人们带来很多麻烦。
Blank lines improve readability by setting off sections of code that are logically related.
用空行来将逻辑相关的代码块分割开可以提高程序的可读性。
Of course, humanity is currently setting off the sixth mass extinction event in Earth's history.
当然，人类正在引发地球历史上第6次物种大灭绝。
A little boy named Stephen began to wail, setting off a small tidal wave of tears from the other children.
一名叫史提文的小男孩哭了出来，引得其他孩子也跟着大哭起来，在教室里形成一次小小的泪潮。
Not long after setting off, Eliyah spots a grey seal resting on some thick ice. He stops the boat and Tommy jumps out.
出发后不久，艾里亚就看见一头灰色的海豹在一块厚冰上休憩，他停下船来，汤米跃身跳出船去。
Montenegro lay in wait, a country that I had singled out before setting off as one of those I was most looking forward to.
但是我们还是得动身了，黑山在前面等着我们，在行前我曾经把这个国家单独列出来，是我在整个旅程中最想看到的地方之一。
But dumping assets would risk setting off another downward spiral in prices, eating into the amount of capital in the system.
但是倾销资产可能会引起又一轮价格的急速下跌，并侵蚀该系统的资本额。
some people think setting off firecrackers is a traditional way to celebrate important festivals, especially the Spring Festival.
一些人认为燃放鞭炮是庆祝重要节日的传统方式，尤其是春节。
Its infra-red sensors enable it to slow down before nudging up to an obstacle—such as a dozy cat—changing direction and setting off again.
它内置的红外线感应器能使它在撞到物体——比如，一只慵懒困倦的猫——之前停下来，然后换个方向，继续前进。
If the quake occurs underwater, as the one in Japan did, the up-and-down movement displaces an enormous amount of water, setting off the tsunami.
在海底地震中，如本次日本海沟地震，板块的上下错动会掀开大量海水，因而激发了海啸。
Eating at inappropriate times may disturb the body's natural rhythm, setting off a string of metabolic reactions that ultimately lead to weight gain.
身体生物钟又称为生理节律，在不适当的时间进食将会干扰身体的正常节律，并引发一连串终将导致体重增加的代谢反应。
From these we can see there are more disadvantages, So I approve of not setting off firecrackers, and we should seek other ways to show our happiness.
从这些我们可以看到燃放鞭炮弊大于利，所以我赞同不放鞭炮。我们应该寻找其他方式来表达我们的喜悦之情。
The Concorde's limited range, and rules that forbade it from setting off sonic booms over land meant it mostly stuck to its transAtlantic back and forth.
协和式飞机航程有限，而且对其经由陆地上空发出轰鸣声有严格的禁令，因此它只能主要往返于大西洋两岸。
The recession of 2008-09 cut Spanish advertising revenues by more than a third, according to some estimates, setting off a round of mergers and acquisitions.
据统计，2008-09年经济衰退将西班牙的广告收入削减了三分之一之多，掀起了一轮兼并和收购。
Opportunity has scrambled out of the 800m-wide Victoria crater and is now setting off on a journey of more than a kilometre to a giant crater called Endeavour.
“机遇号”最近爬出了宽达800米“维多利亚”弹坑，目前正在奔赴一千米以外的“恩达瓦”弹坑。
Farmers in the South American country, a leading global food exporter, also try to scare the birds using reflective tape, scarecrows, and by setting off fireworks.
作为全球主要的粮食出口者，南美的农户还试过用反光带，稻草人以及燃放烟花来驱赶鸟群。
Growth of 9% now looks more like a cyclical peak than apermanent achievement: bottlenecks throughout the economy mean it cannot gofaster without setting off inflation.
9%的增长速度现在被视为周期性的峰值而非能长久保持的成绩：经济内部处处可见的瓶颈意味着增长速度再高就会有引发通货膨胀的风险。
I've commenced on a new policy of rising at dawn to get as far as possible before the day heats up, then resting in the shade until setting off again during the evening.
我开始采用新的办法，每天黎明时起身，在天气热起来之前尽量赶路，然后躲在阴凉处休息，直到傍晚时再出发。
In magnetic conditions replicating those on the west side of the Atlantic near Puerto Rico, the young turtles swam to the North-East, as if setting off on their migration.
在模拟大西洋西海岸波多黎各的磁场中，小海龟游向东北，仿佛开始了迁徙的旅程。
Few people realise, said Watson in London before setting off for the Antarctic, how dirty this old-fashioned sea war can get, with hand-to-hand combat, collisions, bombardments and sinkings.
沃森动身去南极前在伦敦说，很少人能明白这种老式的海上战斗有多残忍：面对面搏斗、冲撞、炮击、沉船。
As part of their natural defenses against viral infection, human cells have proteins that latch onto dsRNA, setting off a cascade of reactions that prevents the virus from replicating itself.
作为对病毒感染自然防御的部分，人类细胞的蛋白质会锁住dsRNA，引发级联反应，以阻止病毒的自我复制。
As part of their natural defenses against viral infection, human cells have proteins that latch onto dsRNA, setting off a cascade of reactions that prevents the virus from replicating itself.
作为对病毒感染自然防御的部分，人类细胞的蛋白质会锁住dsRNA，引发级联反应，以阻止病毒的自我复制。
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