| 单词 | catastrophic |
| 释义 | catastrophic (kætəstrɒfɪk ) 1. adjective Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster. A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage. The water shortage in this country is potentially catastrophic. The minister warned that if war broke out, it would be catastrophic for the whole world. Synonyms: disastrous, devastating, tragic, calamitous catastrophically (kætəstrɒfɪkli ) adverb [usually ADVERB after verb] The faulty left-hand engine failed catastrophically as the aircraft approached the airport. 2. adjective If you describe something as catastrophic, you mean that it is very bad or unsuccessful. ...another catastrophic attempt to wrest control from a rival Christian militia. His mother's untimely death had a catastrophic effect on him. catastrophically adverb [usually ADVERB after verb] By the time we had to sell, prices had fallen catastrophically. Collocations: catastrophic change And those forecasting potentially catastrophic change were reluctant to accept anything less than legal commitments to drastic measures to limit warming to two degrees celsius. Times, Sunday Times He acknowledges that if humanity were to be inflicting catastrophic change on nature, then any sensible person should care. Times, Sunday Times That's one thing about catastrophic change and loss that sometimes gets overlooked: the relationship between how the world sees you and how you see yourself. Times, Sunday Times As a motif it reappears when peoples and cultures are rocketing towards sudden catastrophic change, when whole systems of meaning are up for grabs. The Times Literary Supplement At one point, a catastrophic change reduced the vast body of fresh water to a seasonal lake or marsh. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The void left by the slow-motion but catastrophic collapse of mining and heavy industry has not been filled with new business. Times, Sunday Times Many will see a catastrophic collapse in their income in the coming weeks. Times,Sunday Times This would mean that retail activities would not be threatened in the event of a catastrophic collapse on the other side of the firewall. Times, Sunday Times And finally came the inevitable catastrophic collapse. Times, Sunday Times Then a larger train, pulled by a 35-ton locomotive, headed north across the bridge and there was a catastrophic collapse. Times, Sunday Times Those accused often face catastrophic consequences in terms of damage to their reputations and ability to work or study. Times, Sunday Times This has had catastrophic consequences, creating a culture of fear that has, ironically, led to even more mistakes. Times, Sunday Times It will have catastrophic consequences for the subcontinent. Times, Sunday Times Most scientists agree that any increase above that level would have catastrophic consequences for the planet. Times, Sunday Times He said that a strike should not result in 'catastrophic consequences'. Times, Sunday Times We are hooked on the dramas of soaraway appreciation, or catastrophic decline. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Tanzania has lost almost two thirds of its elephants to ivory poachers over the past five years in what conservationists have called a'catastrophic decline '. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The recent history of butterflies in this country has been of overall and sometimes catastrophic decline, alongside local and quite stupendous success. Times, Sunday Times (2012) As the party came to terms with the catastrophic defeat, the blame game - which will determine the next leader - was already under way. Times, Sunday Times Barring a catastrophic defeat, elimination this week would be no disgrace. Times, Sunday Times We have faced a catastrophic defeat. Times, Sunday Times Even a strong, established leader with a supportive and united party would be damaged by such a catastrophic defeat. The Sun The uprising turned into a catastrophic defeat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The countless books, documentaries, and conferences dedicated to that event are testimony to the fascination of imagining catastrophic destruction. Times, Sunday Times And at higher powers, optical fibers are susceptible to fiber fuse, resulting in catastrophic destruction of the fiber core and damage to transmission components. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With the potential to flow at speeds up to, and flow distances of more than, a lahar can cause catastrophic destruction in its path. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such anthropochory continues, sometimes resulting in locally catastrophic destruction of habitat or crops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Because of this close proximity, any geological activity of the volcano, whether eruptive or not, has the potential to result in catastrophic destruction and death to the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was however, rebuilt by successive kings and rulers, until it was heavily damaged by the catastrophic earthquake of 1897. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This gift was a part of international relief program after a catastrophic earthquake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has been renovated many times over the centuries: the faade, for example, was entirely rebuilt after the catastrophic earthquake of 1511. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It can have a catastrophic effect and undermine the whole system. Times, Sunday Times (2010) That has led to a catastrophic effect on residual values. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Their diseases were then passed on to domestic cattle with catastrophic effect. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Three years ago a joint parliamentary committee said a 'catastrophic event, such as a major fire' was waiting to happen. Times, Sunday Times Proponents of the practice of mindfulness suggest it can awaken us to our lives without the stimulus of a catastrophic event. Christianity Today But mystery surrounded the cause of a 'sudden catastrophic event' to a plane rated as one of the safest since entering service in 1995. Times, Sunday Times He noted that most people who commited such crimes shared the presence of a single catastrophic event, or trigger. Times, Sunday Times It also diminishes genetic variability, which protects populations from being wiped out by one catastrophic event. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was almost 250 years after a lightning strike that caused a catastrophic explosion. Times, Sunday Times Its catastrophic explosion in 1815 threw up so much dust into the stratosphere that 1816 was known as the 'year without a summer'. Times, Sunday Times He realizes that if her energy excess continues to go unchecked, it will result in a catastrophic explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her stores of fuel were seriously depleted before the battle, saving her from a catastrophic explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fire nearly reached the ammunition in the magazines when the ship's commander ordered the magazines to be flooded, averting a catastrophic explosion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Residents have accused the landlord of ignoring their warnings of the risk of a catastrophic fire. Times, Sunday Times There was a potentially catastrophic fire in a reactor core in 1957 and radioactive water was released into the sea in 1983. Times, Sunday Times These disturbed stands are especially prone to catastrophic fire and mortality due to beetle infestation and disease. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The temple did burn in a catastrophic fire in 1835; thus, all current buildings date from the 19th or 20th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1970, a catastrophic fire destroyed a quarter of the lot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An emergency spillway used as a back-up cracked and, fearing a catastrophic flood, more than 180,000 people downstream were evacuated from their homes. Times, Sunday Times Sixty years later, in 1810, there was another catastrophic flood in which many people lost their lives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By 1644 the bridge was missing four arches and finally a catastrophic flood in 1669 swept away much of the structure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Built to prevent another catastrophic flood similar to the one in 1915, the tube was completed in 1923. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was similar to the catastrophic flood of 1988 in terms of the extent of the flooding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were fears that a spring tide today could lead to catastrophic flooding if it combined with the storm surge. Times, Sunday Times The potential for catastrophic flooding spreading inland has received far less attention than the pummelling of the coastline, and has meant that many people inland have not evacuated their homes. Times, Sunday Times Tremendous rain has caused catastrophic flooding across several regions of the world this year, and in the past few days a fresh wave of flood disasters has struck. Times, Sunday Times This results in catastrophic flooding across the state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This caused additional catastrophic flooding in the bow, and the battleship began to go down by the bow while leaning more and more to starboard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That would require a catastrophic impact on consumers and a lasting epidemic with no functioning vaccine. Times,Sunday Times But clipping one won't cause a catastrophic impact with the sea: we're already underwater, spiralling downwards. Times, Sunday Times Even a relatively small charge can have a catastrophic impact on the fragile structure of an airliner as the pressurisation amplifies the blast. Times, Sunday Times It was instead a metaphorical shrug of the shoulders, complete with dire warnings about the catastrophic impact of allowing the virus to spread unchecked. Times,Sunday Times However, conservationists fear that the plan will have a catastrophic impact on the migration. Times, Sunday Times His practice covers a range of liability claims work including employer's liability, public liability and catastrophic injury. Times, Sunday Times His own battle to return to fitness from catastrophic injury has consumed much of the past three years. Times, Sunday Times Before that, awards in excess of 1 million were possible for catastrophic injury to cater for lifelong needs; 500,000 often proves wholly inadequate. Times, Sunday Times The alterations are designed to make the game safer and to reduce the risk of 'catastrophic injury' caused during scrummaging. Times, Sunday Times Response to a catastrophic injury event should reduce its severity, such as via the administration of first aid. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then, when an opportunity presents itself at work, he makes another catastrophic mistake. The Sun He has said that agreeing to do it was 'a catastrophic mistake'. Times, Sunday Times It was a catastrophic mistake. Times, Sunday Times Expecting unaccountable mercenaries to protect civilians would be a catastrophic mistake. Times, Sunday Times This proved to be a catastrophic mistake, and his reputation was later destroyed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The core catastrophic belief about being sick will slowly be challenged as you learn to master the associated anxiety and experience no catastrophic outcome. Times, Sunday Times Everything possible should be done to prevent a recurrence of such a catastrophic outcome. The Sun Taken together, this would have been a catastrophic outcome even if the war had fulfilled its spurious and amorphous aims. The Times Literary Supplement His hypochondria makes him afraid of everything around him and causes him to foresee a catastrophic outcome to the different situations in which he finds himself. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The last decade and a half has seen restless change, with no obvious rationale and occasionally catastrophic outcomes. Times, Sunday Times She blamed the catastrophic result in the general election on the media. Times,Sunday Times None of this would have led to such a catastrophic result had it not been for the missing ingredient: hope. Times, Sunday Times Experts have said this really was a high-risk situation, and that if he had stalled there would have been a catastrophic result. The Sun And he got there in the end — only for it to go to his head with catastrophic results. The Sun He read selectively (and with catastrophic results) from the great philosophers he cited. Times, Sunday Times He warned that 'governments and central banks need to take out the catastrophic risk to markets'. Times, Sunday Times Catastrophic risks are normally underwritten by the re-insurance or wholesale insurance market. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Onshore reinsurance companies may also incorporate an offshore subsidiary to reinsure catastrophic risks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some economists have discussed the importance of global catastrophic risks, though not existential risks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the same time, nanotechnology may be used to alleviate several other global catastrophic risks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now a hundred years later, we are living a similar catastrophic situation, which pushes many families to leave the country. Christianity Today It was a frankly catastrophic situation. Times, Sunday Times Many events that may start out controlled can have a twisting event that turns them into catastrophic situations, where decisions need to be made on the spot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If deterrence among major powers fails, the risk of a catastrophic war will become real indeed. Times, Sunday Times In 2001, cricket there wanted for money, facilities, organisation — and peace, the country having just been plunged into a catastrophic war. Times, Sunday Times This was largely because he opposed the technology (particularly nuclear energy) that led to the catastrophic war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More recently, the most catastrophic wars have been waged. The Sun Knight states that coercive tactics are unlikely to permanently lower the human population, citing the fact that humanity has survived catastrophic wars, famines, and viruses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The deadlock is potentially catastrophic. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The damage to people and property was a small reminder of the potentially catastrophic costs of a cosmic impact. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It was a blunder of potentially catastrophic proportions. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He said it'can avert a much more costly and potentially catastrophic building failure in the years to come'. The Sun (2016) This is a potentially catastrophic thing to do to a helicopter, let alone one hovering over a crowded boat. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Deflation would be truly catastrophic for a nation already struggling with an excess of debt. Times, Sunday Times There are, indeed, plenty of other candidates for the unwanted location of the next truly catastrophic tremor. Times, Sunday Times But they should not prompt yet more recrimination about the policies that brought about the market's current state; after all, these misguided strategies could have caused truly catastrophic falls. Times, Sunday Times These are truly catastrophic ratings. Times, Sunday Times People would receive government coverage for truly catastrophic, unforeseen medical emergencies and procedures, like those costing more than $50,000. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 灾难性的 Japanese: 壊滅的な |
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