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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• The cataclysm that would bring the world to an end.
  将把世界引向末日的大灾难。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。