cataclysm

英 [ˈkætəklɪzəm]

美 [ˈkætəklɪzəm]

n.  (突然降临的)大灾难，大灾变，大动乱

复数：cataclysms　

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BNC.35007 / COCA.22077

牛津词典

noun

• （突然降临的）大灾难，大灾变，大动乱
  a sudden disaster or a violent event that causes change, for example a flood or a war

柯林斯词典

• 大灾难；剧变
  Acataclysmis an event that causes great change or harm.

英英释义

noun

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  1. the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
  2. the earthquake was a disaster
  Synonym:calamitycatastrophedisastertragedy
• a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
  Synonym:catastrophe

双语例句

• Cataclysm will improve the graphic engine of World of Warcraft once again and add a handful of new effects.
  大灾变将再一次改善魔兽世界的图像引擎，并且会增加一些新的效果。
• In an age of potential nuclear cataclysm, in an age of instant communication amidst ideological conflict, our most urgent task is to overcome these apparently iron law of history.
  在一个潜伏着灾难的时代，在一个存在着意识形态冲突但能迅速进行交流的时代，我们最迫切的任务是去打破表面上看来不可抗拒的历史规律。
• Some people are swept into religious faith by a cataclysm in their life.
  有些人是经历了生活中的大变故才笃信宗教的。
• In return, the ratings in Cataclysm should be much harder to cap.
  回到正题，在大灾变中属性会更难触及收益上线。
• And yet we shouldn't have needed the cataclysm to live life today.
  然而，本不该需要灾难来提醒我们过好今天的生活。
• A sudden violent change in the earth's surface; a cataclysm.
  灾变地表突然而猛烈的变动；灾变。
• Cataclysm ( Destruction)-Now also increases your chance to hit with Destruction spells by1% per point.
  灾变（毁灭）-现在每点也增加毁灭法术命中1%。
• It's a cataclysm for all mankind.
  这是对全人类的一场大灾难。
• Small beer compared with the cataclysm of a year ago& but enough to temper the holiday cheer.
  相较于一年之前的大灾难，如今只是一个小熊市，但是足够缓和人们度假的欢乐心情。
• Sixty years after the cataclysm that drove humanity underground, it finally emerges to retake the surface.
  在人类被驱遣到地底六年之后，终于开始了反攻，重夺地表。