catastrophe
catastrophe 英 [kəˈtæstrəfi] 美 [kəˈtæstrəfi]
n. 大灾，大祸；困难
名词复数:catastrophes
- A catastrophe is a disaster. If a wedding reception is disrupted by a fistfight between the bride and her new mother-in-law, you could call the occasion a catastrophe.
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- n. 大灾，大祸；困难
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1. Early warnings of rising water levels prevented another major catastrophe.
提前发出的洪水水位上涨警报防止了又一次的重大灾害。
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2. We've had a few catastrophes with the food for the party.
我们为聚会准备食物时遇到了一些困难。
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3. a catastrophe for the firm.
扩展业务的尝试使这家公司陷入困境。
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4. catastrophic effects, catastrophic losses, catastrophic results
灾难性的影响╱损失╱结果
- catastrophe (n.) 1530s, "reversal of what is expected" (especially a fatal turning point in a drama, the winding up of the plot), from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophe "an overturning; a sudden end," from katastrephein "to overturn, turn down, trample on; to come to an end," from kata "down" (see cata-) + strephein "turn" (from PIE root *streb(h)- "to wind, turn"). Extension to "sudden disaster" is first recorded 1748.
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