Cataclysm
01
大灾难, 自然灾害
a sudden, violent natural disaster that drastically alters the earth's landscape
例子
The 2004 Indonesian earthquake and tsunami caused a massive cataclysm that claimed over 200,000 lives.
2004年印尼地震和海啸造成了一场巨大的灾难，夺走了超过20万人的生命。
Scientists point to an asteroid or comet impact as the leading theory for the cataclysm that wiped out the dinosaurs.
科学家们指出，小行星或彗星的撞击是导致恐龙灭绝的大灾难的主要理论。
02
大灾难, 灾变
a sudden or disastrous event that destroys or changes a whole region or system
例子
Fall of the Western Roman Empire marked a political and economic cataclysm from which Europe did not recover for centuries.
西罗马帝国的灭亡标志着一个政治和经济的大灾难，欧洲几个世纪都未能从中恢复。
World War I represented a cataclysm that demolished long-standing political systems and redrew the map of Europe.
第一次世界大战代表了一场大灾难，它摧毁了长期存在的政治体系并重新绘制了欧洲地图。
词汇树
cataclysmal
cataclysmic
cataclysm
