cataclysm
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈkæt.ə.klɪ.zəm]
- 美式音标 [ˈkæt̬.ə.klɪ.zəm]
- 国际音标 ['kætəklizəm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 灾难;大洪水,地震;(社会政治的)大变动
词根记忆
- cata(向下) + clysm(洗)→大洪水
英汉例句
- Cataclysm is likely to be the biggest release of next year.
“魔兽世界·大灾难”很可能是明年发布的最畅销游戏。 - My calendar rolls over every time the ball drops in New York, and I've yet to see this cause any planetary cataclysm, except for theguy who has to mop out the drunk tank at the NYPD.
每一次纽约举行新年庆祝会我的日历都会翻页,可是我还没看到这产生过任何行星灾难,除了那个不得不在纽约警察局醉汉拘留所拖地板的小伙子。 - That is still a far cry from the cataclysm of 1998, when the rupiah collapsed and the economy shrank by 13.1%.
这与1998年的大灾难仍然不可同日而语。 当时印尼盾的币值暴跌而印尼经济萎缩高达13.1%。 - For them the Great Recession is not a cute aphorism but a major cataclysm.
FORBES: America's Two Economies - What we all know is that this country has been through the worst economic cataclysm of our lifetimes.
WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing - But Blizzard hopes that Cataclysm will help fight stagnation in World of Warcraft and keep paying users playing.
FORBES: 'World of Warcraft' Launches 'Cataclysm' Expansion To Keep Up Billion-Dollar Revenues
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- cataclysm model 突变模型
- geological cataclysm 地质灾害
- cataclysm theory 灾变说
- cataclysm operator 灾变算子
- cataclysm forecast 灾变预测
短语
英英字典
- an event that causes a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change
- A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.
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专业释义
- (地震等的)灾变
- 灾变
- 灾变