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词汇 catastrophically
释义 catastrophically
adverb
uk /ˌkæt.əˈstrɒf.ɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˌkæt̬.əˈstrɑː.fɪ.kəl.i/
in a way that is very bad, or causes very great harm:
The decision was based on data that has now proved to be catastrophically inaccurate.
There is no doubt that the climate can change suddenly and even catastrophically.
Shopkeepers say business is down, though not catastrophically.
In many ways, the surgery was a failure and made things catastrophically worse.
No one has written better about falling catastrophically in love with someone completely unsuitable.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Serious and severe
acutely
acuteness
advanced
catastrophic
chronic
dire
egregious
fatal
grave
heaviness
hyperacute
non-fatal
non-serious
seriously
severe
stringent
terminal
terminally
toughness
utmost

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Examples of catastrophically


catastrophically
Currently, there is a dangerously explosive mix of catastrophically low morale and a feeling of alienation.
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Nevertheless, they were decisions which were catastrophically wrong.
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It is not something which will happen catastrophically; it is something which, if we do nothing, will creep upon us gradually.
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There was no confession of sin, no contrition and no acknowledgement that the public sector had gone catastrophically wrong.
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From the evidence available, there is no doubt that catches are falling catastrophically.
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They proposed that the extinction was catastrophically sudden, not gradual.
The linguistic mechanisms that enable the delexicalization of words that become intensifiers do not happen catastrophically.
Magnus does so in a catastrophically literal way.
Ultimately the process can become unstable, and the bubble collapses catastrophically and self-destructively.
For analogous reasons the next-order remainder also does not grow catastrophically with increasing time (see the end of 7).
Kilauea showed us that thick basalt lavas inflate from within rather than flood catastrophically across the landscape.
And finally, healthcare can be catastrophically expensive.
The second stage began when it was disclosed, sooner or later, gradually or catastrophically, that the prohibitory legislation had left the original evils largely or perhaps even altogether untouched.
With more widespread damage though, features are lost and performance with living things may decrease catastrophically, as the lost features contribute to many exemplars within the category.
The number of applications for major teaching posts has fallen catastrophically.
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