cataclysm

UK:  ['kætə.klɪz(ə)m]

US:  ['kætə.klɪzəm]

复数：cataclysms  

n.

1.灾难,激变,天翻地覆的变化

2.骤变

3.渗液

4.洪灾

5.激变论

6.突然休克

7.特大洪水

8.洪水泛滥

9.渗出液

10.【地质学;地理学】(地壳突然隆起而造成的)灾变;天翻地覆;(政治或社会的)大变动,大动乱

1 . During the five days that this cataclysm lasted, the sun did not show its face and the earth remained in darkness. ' Worlds in Collision, p.
在这5天里，大灾难持续着，太阳没有露脸，地球仍然处在黑暗之中。

2 . Such a cataclysm should have purged the speculation from the system for a generation.
这种大灾难本该将投机活动从金融体系中彻底清除出去，并维持一代人之久。

3 . A leader in Jerusalem Post has talked to the heart: the Egyptian revolution presents the biggest cataclysm since the Iranian Revolution.
《耶路撒冷邮报》社论说得真切：埃及革命代表“伊朗革命以来的最大灾难”。

4 . Anakin kept the Falcon grounded as long as he could, soaring away from the cataclysm at the last possible instant.
阿纳金让千年隼在地面上停留了尽可能长的时间，直到灾难袭来的最后一刻才飞离现场。

5 . The only way to preclude such a cataclysm, the authors argue, is to adopt much tougher counter-measures: rollback, in Cold War terms.
该书的作者说，避免这场大灾难的唯一途径，就是采取更加严厉的反制措施：用冷战术语来说，就是“推回”（rollback）。