...a country that's rocked by dozens of earthquakes every year...是什么意思？

...a country that's rocked by dozens of earthquakes every year...

每年遭受十几次地震袭击的国家

country

n. 国家，国民，乡下，地区；

例句
The country was on the brink of an abyss.
国家岌岌可危。

rocked

v. （使）来回摆动( rock的过去式和过去分词 )，使震惊，使受震动；

例句
The frail craft rocked as he clambered in.
他爬进来的时候，那件易碎的工艺品摇晃起来。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

dozens

n. 几十，许多，（一）打，十二个( dozen的名词复数 )；

例句
By borrowing from dozens of banks, he managed to avoid giving any of them an overall picture of what he was up to...
他向许多银行借款，使得任何一家都搞不清楚他到底要做什么。

of

prep. 关于，属于…的，由…制成；aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气]；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

earthquakes

n. 地震( earthquake的名词复数 )，动乱，大震荡；

例句
It's sheer folly to build nuclear power stations in a country that has dozens of earthquakes every year.
在每年会发生几十次地震的国家建造核电站简直就是愚蠢至极。

every

det. 每个，每，所有可能的，充足的；

例句
5,000 people die every year because of accidents in the home...
每年有5,000人死于家中的意外事故。

year

n. 年，年纪，一年的期间，某年级的学生；

例句
The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder...
议会于翌年表决对谋杀罪废除死刑。