catastrophic
[.kætə'strɔfik]
adj.灾难的, 灾难性的
例句与用法：
A decisive or catastrophic conflict.
决定性的或大规模的战争
词形变化：
副词: catastrophically |
a.
1. 灾难的; 激变的
2. 悲惨的; 惨败的
adjective
- involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering
大灾难的；大灾祸的
a catastrophic earthquake.
灾难性地震。
■involving a sudden and large-scale alteration in the state of something
大规模突变的
the body undergoes catastrophic collapse towards the state of a black hole.
天体经历了朝黑洞状态的大崩溃。
■of or relating to geological catastrophism
（与）地质灾变（有关）的 - extremely unfortunate or unsuccessful
极不幸的；极不成功的
catastrophic mismanagement of the economy.
经济管理的巨大失误。
catastrophically
adverb
catastrophic
■Catastrophic floods struck in 1998 and 1999.
1998、1999年连续遭受特大洪涝灾害。
■Indonesian sea howl let year end 2004 people sighs with feeling of nature unpredicatable, catastrophic arrival is so abrupt with callosity.
2004年年末印尼大海啸让人们感叹大自然的变幻莫测,灾难的到来是那么突然和无情。
■The ICRC's director of operations described the situation in northern Sri Lanka as uniquely catastrophic .
ICRC执行主任认为斯里兰卡北部的局势相当悲惨。
■Our patented vector thrust coil gives the zero one Versatran the ability to sustain normal flight in the event of a catastrophic multi engine failure.
Versatran拥有专利的矢量推力线圈技术,即使在发动机失去作用时一样能使杰罗万制造的飞车正常飞行。
■"We can say it is not going to be as catastrophic as the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, it is milder than that.
“我们可以说，它不会成为像1918年西班牙流感大流行那样的灾难，它要温和一些，
■A bug check is the internal name for a catastrophic failure for which a system shutdown is the only cure.
一个错误检查是对于一个灾难性的错误的内部名称，对于这种情况一个系统关闭是唯一的挽救（方法）。
■A catastrophic slump would not only endanger their positions but would also bring into question the form of regime that has ruled since 1978.
一场灾难性的萧条不仅将危及其地位，而且也将让人们对自1978年以来政权的统治形势产生疑问。
■A land area about the size of the British Isles could have to be abandoned in the wake of a catastrophic accident.
一块大约是不列颠群岛面积大小的陆地不得不因为一次灾难性的事故而放弃。
■Be certain that you are not underinsured against catastrophic illness.
一定要为大病办理充足的保险
■A fire at this time of the year would be catastrophic.
一年中这个时候发生火灾将是具有灾难性的。
■China's catastrophic earthquake last week in Sichuan province has prompted words of condolence from Canada's government, in a written press release.
上周发生于中国四川的地震灾难促使加拿大政府表达悼念，但只是以新闻稿形式发布。
■Unfortunately, while the motto may make sense for individual investors, it is having catastrophic macroeconomic consequences for the world.
不幸的是，对于个人投资者来说可能会有意义，但是对于世界宏观经济来说却是个灾难。
■Similarly, the fear of a catastrophic nuclear accident poisons the potential for abundant power for a civilization rapidly depleting its conventional energy resources.
与此相似，对于一场灾难性的核事故的恐惧，则使人们不敢利用这种潜在的丰富的动力去代替正在迅速消耗殆尽的惯用能源。
■Accident is the catastrophic happening of the system movement.
事故是系统运动发生的突变。
■Given the choice, erring on the side of inflation would be less catastrophic than erring on the side of deflation.
于两者中选其一的话，虽然都为错，但选择通货膨胀比选择通货紧缩影响更小。
■From the outset, the reader expects that Mr.Finch is heading towards a catastrophic disappointment.
从一开始,读者就预测芬奇先生正走向一个极其失望的结局。
■From the planet's point of view that would mean a huge, and possibly catastrophic, increase in overall emissions.
从整个地球的角度上来说，这意味着全球的排放量将会是巨大的，并可能是灾难性的。
■From Hong Kong,to Cuba to London,Bond circles the world in his quest to unmask a traitor,and prevent a war of catastrophic proportions.
从香港到古巴，到伦敦，邦德为了揭开叛徒的面具，防止一场灾难性战争的爆发环行世界。
■They are afraid that it will result in a great catastrophic infliction of loss of life on Earth.
他们担心这将导致巨大的灾难造成的损失地球上的生命。
■Melting glaciers have swollen lakes and increased the risk of catastrophic flooding in the Himalayas, they say.
他们指全球暖化令冰川融化，湖泊水位上涨，增加了喜马拉雅山脉发生灾难性洪水泛滥的危机。
■For truly he did not foresee the catastrophic ending, and had allowed himself to be blindly compromised under promise of power &grandeur.
他确实没能预见到灾难性的后果，盲目的向权力与名誉的允诺妥协。
■In my opinion, at the moment its at the end of autumn and start of winter, it may be a catastrophic warning.
以后学的看法,目前已是秋末冬初的时候,有可能是个毁灭性预警。
■THE good news is that the world seems to have dodged a catastrophic banking collapse.
似乎全球银行系统已经躲过了灾难性的崩溃，这无疑是一个好消息；
■But for many Democratic primary voters she is defined by her support for a catastrophic and unpopular war.
但对于许多民主党初选选民来说，她被定义为支持灾难性的和不受欢迎的战争。
■However, there is no way to know whether the node will respond in another millisecond, or if it suffered a catastrophic failure.
但是,无法知道节点是否将在另一个毫秒内做出响应,或者它是否遇到了灾难性的失败。
■But nor did the West offer Russia a Marshall Plan to stave off a catastrophic collapse in living standards.
但西方也没有向俄罗斯提供一个马歇尔救援计划来推迟其生活水平灾难性的崩溃。
■But the bail-out was lauded and emulated around the world, and probably averted a catastrophic financial meltdown.
但这次的救助行动广为世界其他国家赞扬和仿效，而且很有可能避免了一场灾难性的金融崩溃。
■The effects of global warming, while not immediate, are potentially catastrophic.
全球气温上升的后果虽然并非即时发生，但可能潜伏着大灾难。
■Military airplanes can be subjected to simulated battle damage so that studies can be made of possible catastrophic effects.
军用飞机可以做空战被击伤的模拟试验，来研究其可能发生破坏的影响。
■Ice Age 2: Arctic Slide is the fastest thrill-ride to zip thru mobile.Play as Scrat, whose love for acorns gets him into catastrophic trouble.
冰河世纪2：北极滑行是手机上的一款令人兴奋的快速滑行游戏！
■A decisive or catastrophic conflict.
决定性的或大规模的战争
■Its very irregular shape suggests that the asteroid was derived from a larger body by nearly catastrophic collisions.
加斯帕形状不规则,显示它可能由较大的天体被撞击而成。
■Tuesday editorial in North Korea's Rodong Shinmun warns of what it calls "irrevocable catastrophic consequences" for Mr.Lee's policies.
北韩劳动党党报劳动新闻星期二发表社论警告说，李明博的政策将带来这篇社论所称的“不可挽回的灾难性后果”。
■The Amazonian rainforest is likely to suffer catastrophic damage even with the lowest temperature rises forecast under climate change.
即使是气候变化带来的最小幅度的温度升高，也可能使亚马逊热带雨林遭受灾难性的破坏。
■If there is without the tremendous history which is catastrophic, it will not be the progress with the history which is compensatory.
原句为了强调而省略，直译是：如果没有巨大的灾难性的历史，就不会出现有补偿的历史进步。也就是说，只有发生巨大的历史灾难，才会出现历史的进步为补偿。
■Last year the Taliban threatened to blow up Warsak Dam in Pakistan, which would have a catastrophic impact on the city of Peshawar.
去年塔利班曾经威胁说要炸掉巴基斯坦的瓦萨克大坝，如果得逞的话，将会给白沙瓦带来灭顶之灾。
■An unknown catastrophic failure occurred.
发生未知的灾难性失败。
■That September there was another loss whose consequences to England, and perhaps even to Milton himself, were more far-reaching and catastrophic.
同年九月发生的另一个损失，其后果对于英国，也许甚至对于弥尔顿本人，都更加深远，更加具有灾难性。
■The naval arms race between Germany and Britain that followed was both catastrophic and avoidable.
后来德国与英国之间灾难性的海上军备竞赛，原本是有可能避免的。
■Investigation on epidemic situation of schistosomiasis in Hexian county after catastrophic flood.
和县沿江地区特大洪水后血吸虫病疫情调查。
■Because Europe has gone through two catastrophic world wars.
因为欧洲经历了两次世界大战的灾难。
■And eight men paid a catastrophic price.
因此有八人付出了惨重代价。
■The international community has a duty to address causes of insecurity which have the potential to evolve into catastrophic situations.
国际社会有义务找出造成悲惨情形的潜在的不安全因素。
■Figure 10-8: Ejector seat levers have catastrophic results.
图10-8 弹射操纵杆具有灾难般的后果。
■After the 1999 Mw 7.6 Chi-Chi earthquake, the catastrophic landslides and debris flow torrents occur more frequently.
在1999规模7.6的集集地震之后，遽变性的山崩与土石流则更为频繁地发生。
■In a perfect world, this would be sufficient, but computers and software can crash, power can fail, and other unpredictable, catastrophic events can conspire to erase your work.
在一个完美的世界里，这就足够了。 但是计算机和软件会崩溃，电源可能会断掉，其他不可预测的灾难会凑巧同时发生而丢掉你的工作。
■FOR more than a year, deep thinkers have been pondering how to prevent the most catastrophic financial crisis in decades from happening again.
在一年多的时间，沉思者一直在苦苦思索怎么样来阻止这次几十年来最惨重的经济危机再次发生。
■Displaced central Florida residents spent the night in shelters after a line of thunderstorms packing at least one tornado killed 19 people and caused catastrophic damage.
在一连串雷暴天气以及至少一个龙卷风导致19人死亡并引发了惨痛灾难之后,将佛罗里达洲中部受灾居民的迁移到避难所的行动花费了一夜。
■Displaced central Florida residents spent the night in shelters after a line of thunderstorms packing at least one tornado killed19 people and caused catastrophic damage.
在一连串雷暴天气以及至少一个龙卷风导致19人死亡并引发了惨痛灾难之后，将佛罗里达洲中部受灾居民的迁移到避难所的行动花费了一夜。
■In most cases these steps should lead to corrective action long before a catastrophic error has occurred.
在大多数案件中，在致命错误出现的很早之前，这些控制步骤就应该进行矫正性的行动了。