There is nothing stiller in the world than the skeleton of a house in the dawn after a fire . 世界上任何景象也比不上火灾后的黎明所显示的断垣残壁更沉静了。
Fire was responsible for much of the damage and loss of life in the lisbon earthquake of 1755 . 1755年里斯本地震中，火灾对生命和财产造成的损失占很大的比重。
An accidental fire remains isolated for a sufficient period to permit the occupants to escape . 意外发生的火灾可继续地被隔离一段足够长的时间，使得居民能够逃脱。
There is another point in connection with the initiation of fires by thermal radiation that needs consideration . 另外还有一个与热辐射引起火灾有关的问题需要加以考虑。
Obviously the 3 days between the earthquake and the end of the conflagration did not allow for adequate inspections . 显然，从地震开始至火灾熄灭为止的三天内，不允许进行充分的调查。
The spread of such a fire depends to a great extent on local weather conditions and is therefore difficult to predict . 这种火灾的蔓延在很大程度上取决于当地的气候条件，因此难以预先估计。
Serotinous cones would prove to be almost fatal for the population if forest fires ceased for any length of time . 若森林火灾中断任意长的一个时期，那么对种群来说，迟裂球果几乎是毁灭性的。
This was a self-help program that made the president less panicky about escaping in case of fire or enemy attack . 这是个自助的计划，要使总统在一旦发生火灾或敌人进攻时，对于逃走不会那么手足无措。
Inviting the fire-brigade to put out a fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in . 请火警来扑灭一场不存在的火灾是一种低级的骗局，有自尊心的大学生决不沉湎于此。
The priests opposed both my fire and life insurance, on the ground that it was an insolent attempt to hinder the decrees of god . 祭司们既反对我的火灾保险，又反对我的人寿保险，他们的理由是，这是目无上帝，定要拗天而行。
