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单词 catastrophe
释义
catastrophe
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/us
/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/
C2
asuddeneventthatcausesverygreattroubleordestruction:
大灾难；大灾祸
They werewarnedof theecologicalcatastrophe to come.他们收到警告，生态灾难即将来临。
abadsituation:
困境，不利的局面
Theemigrationofscientistsis a catastrophe for thecountry.大量科学家移居国外对这个国家大为不利。
Synonyms
calamity
cataclysmliterary
crisis
disaster
emergency
tragedy
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accidents and disasters
  • accident
  • accidental
  • accidentally
  • accidentally on purposeidiom
  • an accident waiting to happenidiom
  • calamity
  • cataclysm
  • cataclysmic
  • cataclysmically
  • catastrophic
  • disastrous
  • disastrously
  • dumpster fire
  • emergency
  • forest fire
  • natural disaster
  • non-emergency
  • perfect storm
  • post-accident
  • snafu
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Related word

catastrophic
(Definition ofcatastrophefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

catastrophe| American Dictionary

catastrophe
noun[C]
us
/kəˈtæs·trə·fi/
asuddeneventthatcausesgreatsufferingordestruction:
Losing hisjobwas afinancialcatastrophe for hisfamily.
Achemicalplantleakcouldcauseanenvironmentalcatastrophe.

catastrophic

adjectiveus
/ˌkæt̬·əˈstrɑf·ɪk/
Continuedrainwillcausecatastrophicflooding.
(Definition ofcatastrophefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcatastrophe

catastrophe
The chapter concludes with showstoppers to this vision such as bolide impacts, climatic change, astronomical catastrophes and, of course, humanity's greatest enemy, itself.
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Lack of oscillations means the onset of catastrophes.
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Farmers draw on local ties to enhance their economic pursuits and to circumvent potential catastrophes brought on by economic insecurity and structural adjustment.
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Cultural connectors, like catastrophes and fractals, remained, but would quickly wither.
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What appear to be sound development decisions today, can turn into human catastrophes in historical perspective when the true costs of the decision and the errors of judgment emerge.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Dramatic catastrophes offer excellent points at which to probe the structures of particular cultures and eras, not least of all because they spur so much self-reflection.
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Structurally, this required the transformation of the model from a 'safety net', providing interventions after clinical catastrophes, to a model focusing on health promotion and disease prevention.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An understanding of the developments made in improving the ability of organisations to manage the risk of catastrophes occurring may provide useful lessons for child protection services.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In contrast, environmental interactions that result in an overuse of common-property resources are not so easy to detect-at least, not unless some threshold is reached and catastrophes occur.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The resultant decreased overall metabolic rate at decreased temperatures offers a greater margin of safety if there are any catastrophes with the apparatus used for bypass.
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The effective population size in the presence of catastrophes.
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The archaeology of geological catastrophes.
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Climate change has turned this summer into a catalogue of catastrophes.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
What this article says is that, in the case of natural catastrophes, national aid may be compatible.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Since 1990, according to insurance company statistics, the annual damage due to weather catastrophes has more than doubled and the compensation paid out has quadrupled.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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Collocationswithcatastrophe

catastrophe

These are words often used in combination withcatastrophe.

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catastrophe theory
And much of his interpretation of the kind of knowledge produced bycatastrophetheorydepended on this answer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
ecological catastrophe
Yet, dedicated as it is to ' ' rejection, ' ' it cannot in our time retain its traditional privilege of superior wisdom :ecologicalcatastropheimplicates us all.
From theCambridge English Corpus
economic catastrophe
That revolution brought so much political change so quickly that the political crisis that followed it has now led toeconomiccatastrophe.
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