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

• 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。
• No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
  没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜。
• Queen Azshara will also play a major part in Cataclysm.
  艾萨拉女王同样扮演了重量级角色。
• The cataclysm that would bring the world to an end.
  将把世界引向末日的大灾难。
• 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 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• It's a cataclysm for all mankind.
  这是对全人类的一场大灾难。
• 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。