cataclysm

英['kætəklizm]美['kætəklizm]

n.
（突然降临的）大灾难，(社会政治的)大变动

同：	[n.] calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy

a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil.
上帝消灭邪恶的统治力量而导致的宇宙性的灾难。收藏
Twenty years ago, in the run-up to the last Habitat conference, the prophetic Barbara Ward, economist and environmentalist, reached for a simile to describe the coming cataclysm.
20年前，在上一届生境大会准备阶段，有先见之明的经济学家和环保专家巴巴拉·沃德妙手偶得一个比喻来描述未来的大灾难：收藏
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to Build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes.
我们根本就生活在一个悲剧的时代,因此我们不愿惊惶自忧。大灾难已经来临,我们处于废墟之中,我们开始建立一些新的小小的栖息地,怀抱一些新的微小的希望。收藏

a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
[同] cataclysm, catastrophe
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
- the earthquake was a disaster
[同] disaster, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, tragedy

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