continental drift

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This poses another problem, because continental drift moves the points used to define the points around all the time.
这也产生了另一个问题，因为大陆漂移的作用，这些测量点会不断的移动。
The transition to "liberalism" takes place in an imperceptible manner, like continental drift, thus hiding its effects from view.
对“自由主义”的过渡是以一种潜移默化的方式进行的，如大陆漂移，从而从视图中隐藏的影响。
This sudden continental drift happened over the course of minutes-hours and the world appeared to be in pretty good shape in the aftermath.
电影里描述的大陆漂移在几分钟内发生了，移动后的大陆板块居然还保持着完好的外形。

Although continental crust is more or less permanent, the ocean floor is constantly recycled by the tectonic processes that bring about continental drift.
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And that, like continental drift, is hard to see in action.
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Continental drift is the slow movement of the Earth's continents toward and away from each other.