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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That's fine for now, but not where we want to be in Cataclysm.
  这么做现在可以，但是不是我们在大灾变中想要的。
• No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
  没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have a pretty cool solution for Cataclysm if we can make it work.
  如果我们能让它运作的话，我们在大灾变中有很酷的解决方案。
• 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。