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

• 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。
• We know that in Cataclysm Deathwing is going to come back and destroy a lot of old world Azeroth.
  我们知道大灾变里死亡之翼将要回归，还会破坏掉旧艾泽拉斯大陆的很多地方。
• Queen Azshara will also play a major part in Cataclysm.
  艾萨拉女王同样扮演了重量级角色。
• Cataclysm ( Destruction)-Now also increases your chance to hit with Destruction spells by1% per point.
  灾变（毁灭）-现在每点也增加毁灭法术命中1%。
• Small beer compared with the cataclysm of a year ago& but enough to temper the holiday cheer.
  相较于一年之前的大灾难，如今只是一个小熊市，但是足够缓和人们度假的欢乐心情。
• No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
  没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜。
• 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。
• In my books I reveal the immense cataclysm that is going to torment the earth in the near future.
  在我的书我揭示了巨大的灾难，快要折磨在不久的将来地球。
• Next we'll outline some of the death knight talent-tree changes we're planning in Cataclysm.
  下一步我们将概述一些灾难的死亡骑士天赋树的变化，我们正在规划中。
• In an age of potential nuclear cataclysm, in an age of instant communication amidst ideological conflict, our most urgent task is to overcome these apparently iron law of history.
  在一个潜伏着灾难的时代，在一个存在着意识形态冲突但能迅速进行交流的时代，我们最迫切的任务是去打破表面上看来不可抗拒的历史规律。