cataclysm
英 [ˈkætəklɪzəm]
美 [ˈkætəklɪzəm]
n. (突然降临的)大灾难，大灾变，大动乱
复数：cataclysms
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
- the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
- the earthquake was a disaster
- a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
双语例句
- We're hoping to be able to clean up some of this with the Cataclysm overhaul.
我们希望能够在将来的大灾难资料片的大变动中解决一些类似的问题。 - In my books I reveal the immense cataclysm that is going to torment the earth in the near future.
在我的书我揭示了巨大的灾难，快要折磨在不久的将来地球。 - You know we are on the brink of another cataclysm.
你就知道我们正濒临另一次大动乱。 - 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。 - 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！ - Only a cataclysm such as a flood or earthquake would stop this football match.
只有诸如洪水或地震那样的大灾难才能停止这场足球赛。 - 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！ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。