continental plate

音标发音

Just south-west the city, the Philippine Sea plate dives down under the Eurasian continental plate;
就在东京西南方向，菲律宾海洋板块潜入欧亚大陆板块之下；
Just south-west the city, the Philippine Sea plate dives down under the Eurasian continental plate; right under the city, the Pacific plate dives under that.
就在东京西南方向，菲律宾海洋板块潜入欧亚大陆板块之下；而在东京的正下方，太平洋板块就插入到下面。
That prompted seismologists and geologists to re-examine the world’s subduction zones, areas where oceanic plates slide beneath either a continental plate or another oceanic plate.
这就使地震学家和地质学家重新对世界隐没带进行研究。隐没带是指一个大洋板块沉入到一个大陆板块或另一个大洋板块而形成的聚合板块边缘区域。

This effect might be enhanced in plates without a very rigid continental plate, such as Central America as opposed to the Cascades.
FORBES: The Link Between Global Warming, Sea Levels And Volcanoes
It is hard to imagine how faults on one continental plate might communicate with those on another that is hundreds of kilometres away.
ECONOMIST: The myth and reality of the Japanese earthquake
Following approvals, Continental will receive its testing license and red license plate featuring an infinity sign to represent the car of the future.
ENGADGET: Continental gets automated vehicle approved for Nevada roads