cataclysmic
adj. 洪水的,大变动的
A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
...the cataclysmic events that were destroying his faith in humanity...
摧毁他对人性的信念的灾难性事件
Few had expected that change to be as cataclysmic as it turned out to be.
没有几个人料到那个变化会如此翻天覆地。
1. severely destructive;
It all happened with the speed of lightning and with cataclysmic violence.
这都是闪电那样快,排山倒海那样猛!
We found evidence of a cataclysmic climate shift, which occurred 10,000 years ago.
我们发现了10, 000年前,灾难性的气候迁移的证据.
Laotse had laughed before him, a thin , shrill yet cataclysmic laughter.
老子在庄子面前嘲笑他, 那笑是尖锐刺耳却又激变的.
Had that occurred, the consequences for every area of our economy would cataclysmic.
一旦出现彻底崩溃, 对我们经济中的所有领域都将造成灾难性的后果.
But the gradual build - up of underground pressure can lead to occasional bursts of cataclysmic activity.
但是随之逐渐增长的地面下的压力可以引起偶然性的大变动的爆发.