But the vast majority of these new homes won't be strong enough to survive another major earthquake.但大多數房屋的質量并不足以抵抗另一次強震

vast majority:絕大多數

The vast majority of disputes are settled amicably.

絕大多數爭端都得到了友好解決。

Do you even think the vast majority have broadband?

你認為大多數人都有寬帶?

常用短語:

in the majority占多數

At the meeting,young people were in the majority.

在會上，年輕人占大多數。

it's never happened in the past,過去不曾發生過

in the past:在過去（通常用于一般過去式和現在完成時）

He could remember events far back in the past.

他能記得很早以前的事情。

I've been there many times in the past.

我從前去過那兒很多次。

that's endemic throughout the developing world.是發展中國家的通病

the developing world:發展中國家

A third of the world's obese people live in the developing world.

三分之一的肥胖人口生活在發展中國家。