cataclysm

英 ['kætə,klɪz(ə)m]美 ['kætəklɪzəm]
  • n. 灾难；大洪水，地震；（社会政治的）大变动
GRE 畅通词汇

中文词源

cataclysm 大灾难

cata-, 向下。-clysm, 冲洗，流，词源可能同flow, flood. 原指大洪水。

英文词源

cataclysm (n.)
1630s, from French cataclysme (16c.), from Latin cataclysmos or directly from Greek kataklysmos "deluge, flood, inundation," from kataklyzein "to deluge," from kata "down" (see cata-) + klyzein "to wash," from PIE *kleue- "to wash, clean" (see cloaca).

双语例句

1. The extinct volcano's eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city.
死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头.
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2. 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.
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3. The cataclysm flooded the entire valley.
洪水淹没了整个山谷.
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4. No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜.
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5. You've been in love, and it hasn't meant such a cataclysm, hasn't proved the great affair.
你曾经恋爱过, 这并不意味是天翻地覆的变化, 并没有证明是件大事.
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