cataclysm

cataclysm

英 ['kætə,klɪz(ə)m]
　　美 ['kætəklɪzəm]

n. 災難；大洪水，地震；（社會政治的）大變動

中文詞源：

cataclysm 大災難

cata-, 向下。-clysm, 沖洗，流，詞源可能同flow, flood. 原指大洪水。

例句：

1. The extinct volcano's eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city.
死火山又重新噴發,對這座城市來說意味著大難臨頭.

2. The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.
經歷瞭這場特大洪水,當地人民元氣大傷,很難恢復.

3. The cataclysm flooded the entire valley.
洪水淹沒瞭整個山谷.

4. No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
沒有任何激變曾使整個世界變成荒蕪.

5. You've been in love, and it hasn't meant such a cataclysm, hasn't proved the great affair.
你曾經戀愛過, 這並不意味是天翻地覆的變化, 並沒有證明是件大事.