cataclysmic
adj. 洪水的,大變動的
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...
摧毀他對人性的信念的災難性事件
Few had expected that change to be as cataclysmic as it turned out to be.
沒有幾個人料到那個變化會如此翻天覆地。
1. severely destructive;
It all happened with the speed of lightning and with cataclysmic violence.
這都是閃電那樣快,排山倒海那樣猛!
We found evidence of a cataclysmic climate shift, which occurred 10,000 years ago.
我們發現了10, 000年前,災難性的氣候遷移的證據.
Laotse had laughed before him, a thin , shrill yet cataclysmic laughter.
老子在莊子面前嘲笑他, 那笑是尖銳刺耳卻又激變的.
Had that occurred, the consequences for every area of our economy would cataclysmic.
一旦出現徹底崩潰, 對我們經濟中的所有領域都將造成災難性的後果.
But the gradual build - up of underground pressure can lead to occasional bursts of cataclysmic activity.
但是隨之逐漸增長的地面下的壓力可以引起偶然性的大變動的爆發.