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ca·tas·tro·phe AHD[kə-tăsʹtrə-fē] D.J.[kəˈtæstrəfiː]K.K.[kəˈtæstrəfi]n.（名词）- A great, often sudden calamity.See Synonyms at disaster 大灾难：大的，通常是突然的灾难 参见 disaster
- A complete failure; a fiasco:大败：彻底的失败；惨败：The food was cold, the guests quarreled—the whole dinner was a catastrophe.食物是冷的，客人们又吵了起来——整个晚宴是一次彻底的失败
- The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.悲剧的结局：戏剧尤指古典悲剧结局部分紧随着高潮发生并且包括情节的解释
- A sudden violent change in the earth's surface; a cataclysm.灾变：地表突然而猛烈的变动；灾变
- Greek katastrophē [an overturning, ruin, conclusion] 希腊语 katastrophē [推翻，毁灭，结论]
- from katastrephein [to ruin, undo] 源自 katastrephein [毁灭，使败坏]
- kata- [cata-] kata- [前缀，表“向下，之下”]
- strephein [to turn] * see streb(h)- strephein [翻转] * 参见 streb(h)-
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