Catastrophe



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 突如其来的大灾难
• ［英］ n. 突如其来的大灾难 ( sudden great disaster )
• ［类］ catastrophe : mishap / humiliation : embarrassment ( 灾难比不幸程度深 / 羞辱比窘迫程度深)
• ［例］ The earthquake was a terrible catastrophe .

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Greek katastrophē, from katastrephein to overturn, from kata- + strephein to turn
• Date: 1540
• 1. the final event of the dramatic action especially of a tragedy
• 2. a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin
• 3.
  • a. a violent and sudden change in a feature of the earth
  • b. a violent usually destructive natural event (as a supernova)
• 4. utter failure ; fiasco <the party was a catastrophe
• ? catastrophic adjective
• ? catastrophically adverb

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