It can be argued that models of intermittent criticality not only hold the promise of providing additional criteria for intermediate-term earthquake forecasting methods but also might provide a theoretical basis for such approaches.

• 可以争论，间歇性危险状态的模型不仅有可能对中期地震预测方法提供进一步的标准，而且有可能对这种方法提供一个理论性的基础。”