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

• 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。
• The cataclysm that would bring the world to an end.
  将把世界引向末日的大灾难。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
  没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜。
• 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。