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cha.sm5kAz7[mn [C]a very deep narrow opening in rock, earth or ice断层，裂口，峡谷They leaned over the rails and peered down into the dizzying chasm below.他们靠在栏杆上向下凝视令人眩晕的深渊。(fig.) Her recently published history of music is well-researched, but the exclusion of modern popular music presents a gaping chasm (=its absence means that the book does not seem complete).她最近发表的音乐史研究充分，可是没包括现代流行音乐这点显示出了一个重大缺陷。A chasm between two groups of people or two opinions is a very large difference between them.（意见）大差别，大分歧There is a chasm between what the government admits and the truth about the appalling situation.政府所承认的情况与骇人听闻的形势的真相有着巨大差距。There is still a vast economic chasm between developing countries and the United States.发展中国家和美国之间还存在着极大的经济差距。As president, he tried unsuccessfully to bridge the yawning chasm between (=to reduce the very large difference between) the north and the south.作为总统，他试图弥合南北方之间的巨大分歧，可是没成功。
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