cataclysm

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  • n.（突然降临的）大灾难
  • Web大灾变；剧变；大地的裂变
Plural Form：cataclysms  

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cataclysm
n.
1.
（突然降临的）大灾难，大灾变，大动乱a sudden disaster or a violent event that causes change, for example a flood or a war

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1.
Such a cataclysm should have purged the speculation from the system for a generation.
这种大灾难本该将投机活动从金融体系中彻底清除出去，并维持一代人之久。
zhè zhǒng dà zāi nàn běn gāi jiāng tóu jī huó dòng cóng jīn róng tǐ xì zhōng chè dǐ qīng chú chū qù , bìng wéi chí yí dài rén zhī jiǔ 。
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2.
A leader in Jerusalem Post has talked to the heart: the Egyptian revolution presents the biggest cataclysm since the Iranian Revolution.
《耶路撒冷邮报》社论说得真切：埃及革命代表“伊朗革命以来的最大灾难”。
《 yē lù sā lěng yóu bào 》 shè lùn shuō de zhēn qiè : āi jí gé mìng dài biǎo " yī lǎng gé mìng yǐ lái de zuì dà zāi nàn " 。
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3.
During the five days that this cataclysm lasted, the sun did not show its face and the earth remained in darkness. ' Worlds in Collision, p.
在这5天里，大灾难持续着，太阳没有露脸，地球仍然处在黑暗之中。
zài zhè wǔ tiān lǐ , dà zāi nàn chí xù zhe , tài yáng méi yǒu lòu liǎn , dì qiú réng rán chǔ zài hēi àn zhī zhōng 。
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4.
Anakin kept the Falcon grounded as long as he could, soaring away from the cataclysm at the last possible instant.
阿纳金让千年隼在地面上停留了尽可能长的时间，直到灾难袭来的最后一刻才飞离现场。
ā nà jīn ràng qiān nián sǔn zài dì miàn shàng tíng liú le jìn kě néng cháng de shí jiān , zhí dào zāi nàn xí lái de zuì hòu yí kè cái fēi lí xiàn chǎng 。
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The only way to preclude such a cataclysm, the authors argue, is to adopt much tougher counter-measures: rollback, in Cold War terms.
该书的作者说，避免这场大灾难的唯一途径，就是采取更加严厉的反制措施：用冷战术语来说，就是“推回”（rollback）。
gāi shū de zuò zhě shuō , bì miǎn zhè chǎng dà zāi nàn de wéi yī tú jìng , jiù shì cǎi qǔ gèng jiā yán lì de fǎn zhì cuò shī : yòng lěng zhàn shù yǔ lái shuō , jiù shì " tuī huí " ( rollback ) 。
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6.
All right, then. You know. . . you know we are on the brink of another cataclysm, probably nuclear, on our own soil.
好吧，那么，你知道……你知道我们正处在又一场灾难的边缘，也许是核战争，就在我们本土。
hǎo ba , nà me , nǐ zhī dào … … nǐ zhī dào wǒ men zhèng chǔ zài yòu yī chǎng zāi nàn de biān yuán , yě xǔ shì hé zhàn zhēng , jiù zài wǒ men běn tǔ 。
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The Great Depression was an economic cataclysm on a scale hard to imagine.
大萧条是一场规模难以想像的经济灾难。
dà xiāo tiáo shì yī chǎng guī mó nán yǐ xiǎng xiàng de jīng jì zāi nàn 。
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8.
S. Henry Kissinger, who was chairing the meeting, observed that the situation held the makings of "a social and political cataclysm. "
会议主持人亨利•基辛格评论称，这一局面有可能引发“一场社会和政治灾难”。
huì yì zhǔ chí rén hēng lì • jī xīn gé píng lùn chēng , zhè yī jú miàn yǒu kě néng yǐn fā " yī chǎng shè huì hé zhèng zhì zāi nàn " 。
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9.
Fans are also awaiting the latest "expansion" , which is an update to the game. Cataclysm is likely to be the biggest release of next year.
游戏迷还期待著最新的“资料片”，也就是它的升级版。“魔兽世界大灾难”很可能是明年发布的最畅销游戏。
yóu xì mí hái qī dài zhù zuì xīn de " zī liào piān " , yě jiù shì tā de shēng jí bǎn 。 " mó shòu shì jiè dà zāi nàn " hěn kě néng shì míng nián fā bù de zuì chàng xiāo yóu xì 。
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10.
A brutal Pit Lord and servant of Mannoroth the Destructor, Magtheridon found his way to Draenor after its cataclysm.
玛瑟里顿是破坏者玛诺罗斯的仆人--一个残忍的深渊领主，玛瑟里顿在灾难之后发现了德拉诺。
mǎ sè lǐ dùn shì pò huài zhě mǎ nuò luó sī de pú rén - - yī gè cán rěn de shēn yuān lǐng zhǔ , mǎ sè lǐ dùn zài zāi nàn zhī hòu fā xiàn le dé lā nuò 。
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