catastrophe

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汉语翻译

n. 大灾难, 大祸
【化】 突变
【经】 大灾难, 大事故

词意辨析:

disaster, calamity, catastrophe, misfortune
这些名词均表示“灾难”或“不幸”之意。
disaster: 普通用词,指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
calamity: 多指个人的不幸,比disaster严重,强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
catastrophe: 语气最强,指可怕的灾难,强调最终的结局。
misfortune: 多指较为严重的不幸,强调不幸多由外界因素所致。

英语解释:

名词 catastrophe:

  1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
    同义词:calamity, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
  2. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
    同义词:disaster
  3. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
    同义词:cataclysm

例句:

  1. Their other problems paled into insignificance beside this latest catastrophe.
    最近发生这一灾祸後,他们其他的问题都显得无关重要了。
  2. An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
    灾难,大祸偶发事件引起大范围的破坏和痛苦; 大灾难
  3. Because of the failure the catastrophe will be coming.
    因为失败,大祸就要来临了。
  4. The earthquake was a terrible catastrophe.
    这次地震是个可怕的灾难。

详细解释:


ca.tas.tro.phe

n.(名词)
A great, often sudden calamity.See Synonyms at disaster
大灾难:大的,通常是突然的灾难参见 disaster
A complete failure; a fiasco:
大败:彻底的失败;惨败:
例句:
The food was cold, the guests quarreled—the whole dinner was a catastrophe.
食物是冷的,客人们又吵了起来——整个晚宴是一次彻底的失败

The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.
悲剧的结局:戏剧尤指古典悲剧结局部分紧随着高潮发生并且包括情节的解释
A sudden violent change in the earth`s surface; a cataclysm.
灾变:地表突然而猛烈的变动;灾变

来源:
Greek katastrophô [an overturning, ruin, conclusion]
希腊语 katastrophô [推翻,毁灭,结论]
from katastrephein [to ruin, undo]
源自 katastrephein [毁灭,使败坏]
kata- [cata-]
kata- [前缀,表.向下,之下.]
strephein [to turn] * see streb(h)-
strephein [翻转] *参见 streb(h)-


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