catastrophe
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [k??t?s.tr?.fi]
- 美式音標 [k??t?s.tr?.fi]
- 國際音標 [k?'t?str?fi]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.大災難；大禍；徹底失敗
詞源解說
- 1530左右進入英語，直接源自希臘語的katastrophe，意為翻倒。
詞根記憶
- cata(下面) + (a)stro(星星) + phe→星星墜落→大難臨頭→突如其來的大災難
- cat(a)(落下) + astro(星星) + phe→星星墜落，古人認為星星墜落預示大難臨頭→大災難
- cat(a)(落下) + astro(星星) + phe→星星墜落(古人觀天象，認為星星墜落預示著大難臨頭)→災難
- cat(看作cad，落下) + astro(星星) + phe→星星墜落，大難臨頭→大災難，大禍
- cata(下面) + strophe(轉)→天轉地覆→災難
英漢例句
- The flood was a major catastrophe, causing heavy loss of life.
洪水是一場大災難,奪去了許多人的生命。
用作名詞 (n.)
詞組短語
- avert a catastrophe 避免一場災難
- financial catastrophe 財政困難
- natural catastrophe 自然災害
- catastrophe to everyone 對每個人都是災難
- catastrophe risk 巨災風險；特殊風險
- Catastrophe failure 重大事故;嚴重故障
- catastrophe insurance 巨災保險;重大事故保險
- agricultural catastrophe 農(nóng)業(yè)巨災
用作名詞 (n.)
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短語
英英字典
- a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction
- A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 突變
The mistakes existing in the research of rock dynamic destabilization by using catastrophe theory are pointed out.
指出目前采用突變理論研究巖體動力失穩(wěn)問題中存在的誤區(qū)。經(jīng)濟學
- 突變
The evolution development path of telecom industry is analyzed by means of the hypercycle and catastrophe theory.
從超循環(huán)和突變的角度對電信產(chǎn)業(yè)系統(tǒng)演化發(fā)展的實現(xiàn)途徑進行分析。 - 大禍
- 災變
Study confirmed that Three Gorges Area(TGA) has been produced some social system catastrophe characteristics in the process of rapid urbanization,for example structural anomie,stratification and individual poverty.
研究證實三峽庫區(qū)在快速城鎮(zhèn)化進程中產(chǎn)生了結構失范、階層分化和個體貧困等典型社會系統(tǒng)災變特征。歷史學
- 災害
The cause of natural catastrophe can be divided into two aspects: the aberrance of nature environment, the harmful factors from human being's activities.
自然災害的產(chǎn)生究其原因分為自然的變異和人為的不良影響因素。數(shù)學
- 突變
- 災難
- 驟變
- 災變