| 词汇 | cataclysm |
| 释义 | cataclysm noun[ C ] literaryuk /ˈkæt.ə.klɪ.zəm/ us /ˈkæt̬.ə.klɪ.zəm/ an event that causes a lot of destruction, or a sudden, violent change剧变；大灾难；大变动 Synonyms calamity catastrophe crisis disaster emergency tragedy Accidents and disasters accident accidental accidentally accidentally on purposeidiom an accident waiting to happenidiom calamity cataclysmic cataclysmically catastrophe catastrophic disastrous disastrously doomsday scenario dumpster fire emergency non-emergency perfect storm post-accident snafu tragedy Related wordcataclysmic cataclysm | American Dictionarycataclysm noun[ C ] us/ˈkæt̬·əˌklɪz·əm/ an extremely destructive event or violent change: environmental/natural cataclysms cataclysmicadjectiveus/ˌkæt̬·əˈklɪz·mɪk/ The city has just experienced a cataclysmic flood. Examples of cataclysmcataclysm In the existing orthodoxy, settler farming developed along a gradual, cataclysm-free road to capitalist agriculture. Then followed a comparatively long hiatus due to completely understandable causes resulting from the sociopolitical cataclysms. Emotions may thus carry the intelligence of cataclysm, even if conscious memory is inoperative. A revolutionary cataclysm on the scale of 1789 could not be discounted. The story ends with the cataclysm which began this subchapter. It was a problem to solve, but it was no cataclysm. Who knows that it might not be yet another passing phase, another short period of change and prosperity before the next cataclysm? Did we need this cataclysm to happen, which was compared with climate change by someone who spoke before me? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We have now got ourselves stuck where he says that we have a choice between a cataclysm and a catastrophe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must make every possible effort to avoid another cataclysm which would be much worse than anything experienced in the last war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The integrity of their quarrel is one of the few institutions that has been unaltered in the cataclysm which has swept the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I maintain that these conditions cannot go on very long without some cataclysm occurring. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This would be only a minor catastrophe in a cataclysm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before this sum could possibly be necessary, it would require a sort of industrial cataclysm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The circumstances have been altered by this great cataclysm of the world in a manner which no human being could have anticipated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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