缅甸矿坑塌方 54名矿工失踪

时间：2019-04-24 05:14:40

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About 54 jade1 miners went missing after the collapse2 of a tailing pond in Myanmar's Kachin state, the Ministry3 of Information said Tuesday.
 
缅甸新闻部周二称，克钦邦一座尾矿池发生塌方，大约54名玉石矿工失踪。
 
 
The tailing pond collapsed4 late Monday at an unused jade mining site owned by Yunati mining company in Hmaw Won village in Hpakant mining region, the ministry said in a release.
 
The jade miners and 40 machinery5 including backhoe loaders and vehicles of Myanmar Thura Company and Shwe Nagar Koe Kaung Company were believed to be buried under mud.
 
Search and rescue operations are being carried by local authorities.
 
Mining accidents are frequent in Hpakant mining region and most of the fatalities6 are caused by landslides8.
 
Many local people make their living by jade scavenging in the region.
 
A fatal landslide7 occurred in the region in November 2015, killing9 at least 116 jade scavengers with about 100 more missing.

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1 jade i3Pxo     
n.玉石；碧玉；翡翠
参考例句：
  • The statue was carved out of jade.这座塑像是玉雕的。
  • He presented us with a couple of jade lions.他送给我们一对玉狮子。
2 collapse aWvyE     
vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷
参考例句：
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
3 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
4 collapsed cwWzSG     
adj.倒塌的
参考例句：
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
5 machinery CAdxb     
n.(总称)机械，机器；机构
参考例句：
  • Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
  • Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。
6 fatalities d08638a004766194f5b8910963af71d4     
n.恶性事故( fatality的名词复数 )；死亡；致命性；命运
参考例句：
  • Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities. 有几个人受伤，但没有人死亡。
  • The accident resulted in fatalities. 那宗意外道致多人死亡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 landslide XxyyG     
n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
参考例句：
  • Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
  • An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
8 landslides 5a0c95bd1e490515d70aff3ba74490cb     
山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数
参考例句：
  • Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
  • The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。
9 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

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