catastrophe
catastrophe漢語翻譯
【化】 突變
【經(jīng)】 大災難, 大事故
catastrophe詞意辨析
disaster, calamity, catastrophe, misfortune
這些名詞均表示“災難”或“不幸”之意。disaster: 普通用詞,指大破壞、痛苦或傷亡。
calamity: 多指個人的不幸,比disaster嚴重,強調(diào)災難引起的悲痛以及對于損失的感覺。
catastrophe: 語氣最強,指可怕的災難,強調(diào)最終的結(jié)局。
misfortune: 多指較為嚴重的不幸,強調(diào)不幸多由外界因素所致。
catastrophe英語解釋
名詞 catastrophe:
- an event resulting in great loss and misfortune同義詞:calamity, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
- a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune同義詞:disaster
- a sudden violent change in the earth's surface同義詞:cataclysm
catastrophe例句
- Their other problems paled into insignificance beside this latest catastrophe.最近發(fā)生這一災禍後,他們其他的問題都顯得無關(guān)重要了。
- An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.災難,大禍偶發(fā)事件引起大范圍的破壞和痛苦; 大災難
- Because of the failure the catastrophe will be coming.因為失敗,大禍就要來臨了。
- The earthquake was a terrible catastrophe.這次地震是個可怕的災難。
catastrophe詳細解釋
ca.tas.tro.phe
n.(名詞)A great, often sudden calamity.See Synonyms at disaster 大災難:大的,通常是突然的災難參見 disasterA complete failure; a fiasco:大敗:徹底的失??;慘?。?/br>例句:The food was cold, the guests quarreled—the whole dinner was a catastrophe.食物是冷的,客人們又吵了起來——整個晚宴是一次徹底的失敗
The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.悲劇的結(jié)局:戲劇尤指古典悲劇結(jié)局部分緊隨著高潮發(fā)生并且包括情節(jié)的解釋A sudden violent change in the earth`s surface; a cataclysm.災變:地表突然而猛烈的變動;災變
來源:Greek katastrophô [an overturning, ruin, conclusion] 希臘語 katastrophô [推翻,毀滅,結(jié)論] from katastrephein [to ruin, undo] 源自 katastrephein [毀滅,使敗壞] kata- [cata-] kata- [前綴,表.向下,之下.] strephein [to turn] * see streb(h)- strephein [翻轉(zhuǎn)] *參見 streb(h)-