cataclysm

• n. 災難；大洪水，地震；（社會政治的）大變動

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

cataclysm (n.)

1630s, from French cataclysme (16c.), from Latin cataclysmos or directly from Greek kataklysmos "deluge, flood, inundation," from kataklyzein "to deluge," from kata "down" (see cata-) + klyzein "to wash," from PIE *kleue- "to wash, clean" (see cloaca).

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.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.

經曆了這場特大洪水,當地人民元氣大傷,很難恢複.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The cataclysm flooded the entire valley.

洪水淹沒了整個山穀.

來自辭典例句

4. No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.

沒有任何激變曾使整個世界變成荒蕪.

來自辭典例句

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.

來自辭典例句