"The last major event on that fault occurred 250 years ago, so if the fault snaps, it's going to snap by 1.7 meters, and that's about a magnitude 7 earthquake."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

So, the way it has worked out in practice is that companies, when they have a major announcement to make, they have some kind of web event.

因此,现实中上市公司的做法就是,当公司需要对外公布一条重大消息时,会利用互联网这个渠道

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

To underscore the priority the administration puts on the issue, Clinton made the release of the report a major event that included bipartisan Congressional leaders and activists from Albania and Costa Rica who were among nine people from around the world saluted in the report as anti-trafficking heroes.

VOA: standard.2009.06.16