catastrophe

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复数：catastrophes  

n.

1.〔物〕突变

2.大变动,突变,激变

3.灾祸,事故;(人生的)灾难,大祸

4.大灾难;大祸

5.灾害;浩劫,大祸,异常灾祸,灭顶之灾;气侯灾变

6.剧变

7.彻底失败

8.大变故

9.【地质学;地理学】灾变

10.【戏剧】(尤指悲剧的)结局

1 . If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in catastrophe, then someone will do it.
如果做某事有两种或多种方法，而其中一种将会导致巨大灾难，那么一定会有人照这种方法做。

2 . BPGlobalPR : Catastrophe is a strong word, let's all agree to call it a whoopsie daisy.
灾难这个词不和谐，我们都同意把它称作一个“微误操作”。

3 . Finally, we hope against hope that we have the courage to ensure that this type of catastrophe can be prevented or mitigated.
最后，我们还是抱有一线希望，希望我们有勇气保证能够预防或者减轻这样的大灾难。

4 . Mr Putin has said the collapse of the Soviet Union was the great geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.
普京曾说过，苏联解体是20世纪地缘政治的大灾难。

5 . So I would encourage you to be as generous as you possibly can in response to what is a major catastrophe .
所以，我鼓励大家像面临任何一场重大灾难所作出的回应一样慷慨。