catastrophe [kə'tæstrəfi]

英汉解释

n. 大灾难；大祸；惨败

同义词

n. calamity，cataclysm，disaster，tragedy

词汇辨析

disaster，calamity，catastrophe，misfortune
这些名词均表示“灾难”或“不幸”之意。

参考例句

1. The food was cold, and the guests quarreled-the whole dinner was a catastrophe.
食物是冷的，客人们又吵了起来——整个晚宴是一次完全的失败。
2. The company lost its biggest customer and that was a catastrophe for its future.
公司失去了最大的客户，这对它的未来可谓是一大灾难。
3. How to head off that catastrophe should be the dominant policy issue of our time.
如何阻止这种灾难的发生，应当是我们这一时代主要的政策问题。

英英解释

n.
  1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
  2. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
  3. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

网络释义

Catastrophe
大难临头; 大灾难; 灾祸、事故; 灾变;
catastrophe theory
突变论; 突变理论; 剧变理论; 变理论;
catastrophe point
突变点;
catastrophe set
突变集;
causing catastrophe
造成大灾难; 造成大灾难 造成大灾难;