China has succeeded in collecting samples of combustible ice in the South China Sea, a major breakthrough that may lead to a global energy revolution, Minister of Land and Resources Jiang Daming said Thursday.
国土资源部部长姜大明周四表示，中国已成功在南海收集到可燃冰样本，这对促进全球能源革命可能将有重要作用。
This is China's first success in mining flammable ice at sea, after nearly two decades of research and exploration, the minister said at a trial mining site in the Shenhu area of the South China Sea Thursday.
China found flammable ice, a kind of natural gas hydrate, in the South China Sea in 2007.
International scientific circles have predicted that natural gas hydrate is the best replacement for oil and natural gas.
相关单词：combustible
combustible解释：a. 易燃的,可燃的; n. 易燃物,可燃物
combustible例句：
Don't smoke near combustible materials. 别在易燃的材料附近吸烟。
We mustn't take combustible goods aboard. 我们不可带易燃品上车。
相关单词：replacement
replacement解释：n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品
replacement例句：
We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
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