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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We know that in Cataclysm Deathwing is going to come back and destroy a lot of old world Azeroth.
  我们知道大灾变里死亡之翼将要回归，还会破坏掉旧艾泽拉斯大陆的很多地方。
• 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！
• If we implement a healing change, it would be temporary because health pools will be larger in Cataclysm, proportionate to healing, so we don't think that will be a problem.
  如果我们做出治疗调整，这只能是暂时的，因为大灾变中，人物的生命值将会有大幅度的提升，治疗也是成比例的，所以我们不认为这是个问题。
• Sixty years after the cataclysm that drove humanity underground, it finally emerges to retake the surface.
  在人类被驱遣到地底六年之后，终于开始了反攻，重夺地表。
• I wonder whether this limited solution is a proportionate response to such an economic cataclysm.
  我提出，对于如此规模的经济灾难而言，他这种有限的解决方案是否是一种适当的反应？
• 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。
• 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。