catastrophe
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- n. 大灾难；大祸；彻底失败
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详细释义
- 大祸
- 灾祸
- （大）灾难
- 翻天覆地的事件
- 【戏】结局
- 大变动
- 大败
- 突变
- 惨败
- 激变
- 事故
- 【地】灾变
- 大变故
- 横祸
- 不幸事件
- 困难
n. (名词)
- [C]灾祸,灾难 a sudden, unexpected, and terrible event that causes great suffering, misfortune, or ruin
n. (名词)
英英释义
Noun:
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an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"the earthquake was a disaster"
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a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune;
"lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"
"his policies were a disaster"
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a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
双语例句
- 1. They suffered an electoral catastrophe, winning a paltry 3 seats.
- 他们在选举中惨败，仅获得微不足道的3个席位。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe.
- 提前发出的洪水水位上涨警报防止了又一次的重大灾害。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. I owe it to you that I survived the catastrophe.
- 亏得你我才大难不死.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Their English party turned out to be a catastrophe.
- 他们的英语晚会结局糟透了.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. This is a catastrophe beyond human control.
- 这是一场人类无法控制的灾难.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- The earthquake was a terrible catastrophe.
这次地震是个可怕的灾难。 - He is teetering on the edge of catastrophe.
他在大灾难的边缘徘徊。 - The catastrophe would be stamped in their minds.
那场灾难将会深深地印在他们的头脑里。 - Their other problems paled into insignificance beside this latest catastrophe.
最近发生这一灾祸后,他们其他的问题都显得无关重要了。 - Because of the failure the catastrophe will be coming.
因为失败，大祸就要来临了。 - Their English party turned out to be a catastrophe.
他们的英语晚会结局糟透了。
用作名词 (n.)
- The flood was a major catastrophe, causing heavy loss of life.
洪水是一场大灾难,夺去了许多人的生命。 - The party could be heading for catastrophe in the election.
该党可能会在选举中遭到惨败。
用作名词 (n.)
用法讲解
n. (名词)
- catastrophe, calamity, disaster
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- 这三个词均可指不幸的灾难。disaster指人为的或自然的灾祸; calamity指造成的灾祸比disaster更大; catastrophe指造成的损失无法补偿。
- disaster，calamity，catastrophe，misfortune
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- 这些名词均表示“灾难”或“不幸”之意。
- disaster普通用词，指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
- calamity多指个人的不幸，比disaster严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
- catastrophe语气最强，指可怕的灾难，强调最终的结局。
- misfortune多指较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
词源解说
- ☆ 1530左右进入英语，直接源自希腊语的katastrophe，意为翻倒。
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
- avert a catastrophe 避免一场灾难
- financial catastrophe 财政困难
- natural catastrophe 自然灾害
- catastrophe to everyone 对每个人都是灾难
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