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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

          • The people mysteriously vanished when the world was destroyed by an unknown and ancient cataclysm.
            当此处被古老未知的天灾毁灭之后,这个民族也神秘地消失了。
          • The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.
            经历了这场特大洪水,当地人民元气大伤,很难恢复。
          • So much better for all the rumors about a coming cataclysm to be related to a mere dirty snowball, a common comet!
            所以最好所有关于即将到来的大灾难的谣言都与一个小小的脏雪球,一个普通的彗星有关!
          • And if the cataclysm affected the Moon, it also affected the Earth& at a time when life was just beginning.
            如果这个大灾难影响月球,它同样也影响地球&在这个时候,生命刚刚开始。
          • No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
            没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜。
          • World of Warcraft: Cataclysm will bring with it several changes to class talents and abilities.
            魔兽世界:灾难将会带来一些变化,以一流的人才和能力。
          • 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。
          • The cataclysm was too much for them! They've all gone mad!
            灾难对他们来说太严重了!他们都已经疯了!
          • I wonder whether this limited solution is a proportionate response to such an economic cataclysm.
            我提出,对于如此规模的经济灾难而言,他这种有限的解决方案是否是一种适当的反应?
          • Next we'll outline some of the death knight talent-tree changes we're planning in Cataclysm.
            下一步我们将概述一些灾难的死亡骑士天赋树的变化,我们正在规划中。