| 释义 |
catastrophe/kəˈtæstrəfi/n. 1 a great and usu. sudden disaster (通常指突然的)大灾难，灾祸 2 the denouement of a drama (戏剧的)结局 3 a disastrous end; ruin 灾难性的结局；毁灭 4 an event producing a subversion of the order of things 翻天覆地的事件 □ catastrophic /-ˈstrɒfik/ adj.□ catastrophically /-ˈstrɒfik(ə)li/ adv.[Latin catastropha from Greek katastrophē (as CATA-, strophē ‘turning’ from strephō ‘turn’)] |