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catastrophe

/kuh-tas-truh-fee/US // kəˈtæs trə fi //UK // (kəˈtæstrəfɪ) //

灾难,浩劫,灾害,灾难性的

Related Words

devastation毁坏,摧残,破坏,破坏性accident事故,意外事故,意外,意外事件crash崩溃,碰撞,撞车,崩盘disaster灾难,灾害,灾祸,灾情emergency紧急事件,紧急情况,紧急状况,紧急情况下wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船fiasco惨败,惨剧,惨案,失败mishap意外事故,意外事件,不测事件,不测trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难failure失败,故障,失败者,失效calamity劫难,灾难,灾祸,灾情debacle溃败,灾难性事件,残局,灾难cataclysm大灾变,灾变,灾难性事件,大灾难adversity逆境,抗逆境,抗逆性,逆境中misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患tragedy悲剧,惨剧,惨案,悲剧性的casualty伤员,伤亡人员,伤者,伤亡者hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重meltdown熔毁,熔化,融化,熔断fatality致命,遇难者,死亡,遇难

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sudden and widespread disaster: the catastrophe of war.
    • : any misfortune, mishap, or failure; fiasco: The play was so poor our whole evening was a catastrophe.
    • : a final event or conclusion, usually an unfortunate one; a disastrous end: the great catastrophe of the Old South at Appomattox.
    • : the point at which the circumstances overcome the central motive, introducing the close or conclusion; dénouement.Compare catastasis, epitasis, protasis.
    • : Geology. a sudden, violent disturbance, especially of a part of the surface of the earth; cataclysm.
    • : Also called catastrophe function. Mathematics. any of the mathematical functions that describe the discontinuities that are treated incatastrophe theory.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncalamity; unhappy conclusion
Synonyms
accident事故,意外事故,意外,意外事件adversity逆境,抗逆境,抗逆性,逆境中calamity劫难,灾难,灾祸,灾情casualty伤员,伤亡人员,伤者,伤亡者cataclysm大灾变,灾变,灾难性事件,大灾难crash崩溃,碰撞,撞车,崩盘debacle溃败,灾难性事件,残局,灾难devastation毁坏,摧残,破坏,破坏性disaster灾难,灾害,灾祸,灾情emergency紧急事件,紧急情况,紧急状况,紧急情况下failure失败,故障,失败者,失效fiasco惨败,惨剧,惨案,失败hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重meltdown熔毁,熔化,融化,熔断misery苦难,痛苦,悲哀,忧患mishap意外事故,意外事件,不测事件,不测tragedy悲剧,惨剧,惨案,悲剧性的trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难wreck残骸,失事,破坏,沉船affliction痛苦,困扰,苦难,苦恼alluvion冲积层,冲积物,冲积平原,冲积木blow打击,吹,打吹,吹吹contretemps争吵,纠纷,争论,矛盾culmination高潮,顶点,高峰,顶峰curtains窗帘,帘子,帘幕,帷幕denouement结局,结尾,结尾处,终结desolation荒凉,惆怅,荒芜,荒废end结束,终端,结束语,终止fatality致命,遇难者,死亡,遇难finale结局,结束语,结尾,终结篇grief悲痛,悲伤,哀伤,悲痛欲绝havoc劫难,大祸临头,大破坏,大祸ill弊病,生病,弊端,错infliction施虐,施暴者,施暴行为,施暴misadventure惨痛经历,误入歧途,惨痛的经历,厄运mischance错失良机,错乱,误伤,误解misfortune厄运,祸患,不幸,祸害reverse逆转,反转,逆向,颠倒scourge祸患,祸害,灾祸,灾害stroke行程,抚摸,中风,抚摩termination终止,终止妊娠,终止合同,终止日期trial审判,试验,审理,审判工作upshot结果,结果是waterloo滑铁卢,溜冰场,流浪汉bad luck坏运气,运气不好,厄运,运气不佳bad news坏消息,不好的消息,噩耗,噩耗传来the worst最差的,最糟糕的是,最坏的情况,最糟糕的
Antonyms
advantage优势aid援助assistance援助,协助,帮助,协助工作benefit效益,裨益,补助,效益方面blessing保佑,祝福,护佑,保祐boon蓬勃发展,兴旺,兴隆,兴盛creation创作,创造,创建,创设favor赞成,偏爱,宠爱,恩惠fortune财富,运气,命运,幸运gain收益,获得,收获,效益good fortune福禄寿,福气,福禄寿喜,福禄good luck好运,好运气,好运连连,好運happiness幸福,幸福感,快乐,欢乐help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的joy快乐,乐趣,喜悦,欢乐miracle神迹,神蹟,神功,神奇peace和平,安宁,平和,和平问题profit利润,盈利,赢利,营利prosperity繁荣,景气度,景气,繁荣度success成功,成功的,成功案例,成功的例子win赢,胜利,赢了,赢得wonder惊叹,想知道,惊奇,奇观beginning开始,初期,开头,起点birth诞生,出生,出生时,诞辰cause原因,导致,原因是,引起comfort舒适度,舒适性,舒适,舒适感commencement开始,启动,展开,生效delight愉悦,喜悦,愉快,快乐luck幸运,幸运的是,幸运的,幸运之神opening开场,开幕,开放,开幕式origin起源,缘起,来源,原产地start开始,启动,开始吧,开启

Examples

  • Both are important, but the focus of this piece is preventing further catastrophe.

  • Those factors have lead to a surge in trading for catastrophe bonds in the past few days, according to Artemis.

  • We’ve shown that there are lots of smart, relatively cheap things we can do now to reduce the risk of another catastrophe like this one.

  • The public health crisis has led to an economic catastrophe.

  • Once again the federal government is fumbling its response to a catastrophe that disproportionately affects Black people, and once again officials are using stories about looting to place the blame on Black victims of police violence.

  • The director left then; he could see the impending catastrophe.

  • The 1986 Chernobyl disaster is widely considered to be the greatest nuclear catastrophe in world history.

  • In turn, this economic catastrophe subsequently led to the rise of the Nazi party.

  • But a Western policy that is blind to the urgent need for reform and justice is certain to end in catastrophe.

  • This is a critical system that leaves you one failure away from catastrophe, as in this case.

  • To others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.

  • This may be called the first day of the revolution, although the object of the meeting was to prevent such a catastrophe.

  • On one hand is the yawning gulf of social catastrophe represented by socialism.

  • To say that the party looked aghast at this sudden catastrophe, would be to give but a feeble idea of the state of their minds.

  • The risk of such a catastrophe might perhaps be avoided, if she would consent to leave the stage and live entirely in Russia.

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