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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8422 COCA: 6648

catastrophe

Word family 
ca·tas·tro·phe /kəˈtæstrəfi/ ●○○ noun  
1  DISASTER[countableC, uncountableU] a terrible event in which there is a lot of destruction, suffering, or death 灾难，大祸，严重的不幸 SYN disaster
environmental/nuclear/economic etc catastrophe
 The Black Sea is facing ecological catastrophe as a result of pollution.
污染导致黑海面临生态灾难。
prevent/avert a catastrophe
 Sudan requires food immediately to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.
苏丹急需食物以避免出现人道主义灾难。
2  HARM/BE BAD FOR[countableC] an event which is very bad for the people involved 麻烦，困境，不利的局面 SYN disaster
catastrophe for
 If the contract is cancelled, it’ll be a catastrophe for everyone concerned.
如果合同取消，对每位相关人员都将是个灾难。
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—catastrophic/‚kætə'strɒfɪk◂/ adj
 a catastrophic fall in the price of rice
大米价格的灾难性下跌
 The failure of the talks could have catastrophic consequences .
谈判失败可能会带来灾难性后果。
—catastrophically/-kli/ adv
Examples from the Corpus
catastrophe• The blizzard was a catastrophe that affected 17 states, ranging from New Hampshire to Tennessee.• The oil spill will be an ecological catastrophe.• Scientists say the oil spill is an ecological catastrophe.• Most people now accept that global warming could result in an environmental catastrophe.• Seven different teachers in the course of ten days became the final catastrophe of this classroom.• The drive for cheap food has been behind every food catastrophe of the past decade.• These will go a long way to lessen the real danger of accidental war or nuclear catastrophe due to misinformation.• The prose of this chapter measures the adequacy of verbal accounts of catastrophe in the age of photographic reproduction.• Of my five fires, it is the only catastrophe instigated by nature.• At the simplest level, patriotism lent meaning and purpose to personal catastrophes that would otherwise appear intolerable.• When November came, and the debt ceiling had not moved, Rubin postponed catastrophe by borrowing from two government pension funds.• The governments of the world failed to act to prevent the catastrophe of World War II.• Surely this catastrophe couldn't really be happening?• The economy seems to be moving toward catastrophe.
environmental/nuclear/economic etc catastrophe• For 24 hours the country appeared headed for political and economic catastrophe, with two Chambers about to be sworn in.• It was not, somehow, the air of a man contemplating nuclear catastrophe, but a more pleasant dream.• Each side claims that its estimate of the chances of nuclear catastrophe is more accurate.• These will go a long way to lessen the real danger of accidental war or nuclear catastrophe due to misinformation.• They act as a complement to his large works which are responses to a progressive environmental catastrophe.• I say nuclear catastrophe partly because any exchange of nuclear arsenals will bear no resemblance to anything that could be called war.• The republics were poor, in a state of virtual economic catastrophe.
Origin catastrophe
(1500-1600) Greek katastrephein “to turn upside down”, from kata- ( → CATACLYSM) + strephein “to turn”
ca·tas·tro·phe noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8422 COCA: 6648
catastrophe

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CATASTROPHE | CATASTROPHE + VERB ADJECTIVE➤absolute, big, complete, great, major, terrible, total大災難；滅頂之災；可怕的大災難▸➤minor小禍▸➤national全國性災難▸➤global, international, world全球／國際／世界大災難▸➤ecological, economic, environmental, financial, human, humanitarian, natural, nuclear生態災難；經濟困難；環境災難；金融災難；人類的災難；人道主義災難；自然災難；核災難◇The country is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.該國瀕臨人道主義災難。➤imminent, impending, potential迫在眉睫的／即將發生的／潛在的災難VERB + CATASTROPHE➤be是災難▸➤cause, lead (sth) to導致災難；引起（⋯出現）大災難◇These policies could lead us to environmental catastrophe.這些政策會給我們的環境帶來大災禍。➤have遇到麻煩◇We had a few catastrophes with the food for the party.我們在準備聚會的食物時遇到一些麻煩。➤be faced with, be heading for, face面臨大災難；將遇到災難◇The area is now facing economic catastrophe.該地區現在面臨經濟困難。➤avert, avoid, head off, prevent避免災難；阻止災難；防止災難◇moves to avert a national catastrophe避免全國性災難的舉措CATASTROPHE + VERB➤happen, occur, strike, take place災禍發生
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8422 COCA: 6648
catastrophe noun
⇨ crisis (a global catastrophe) ⇨ disaster (a catastrophe with the food for the party)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8422 COCA: 6648
catastrophe
Accidents: accident, mishap, calamity...
General words meaning natural disaster: violence, disaster, catastrophe...
Something that is difficult or unpleasant to do or deal with: task, burden, necessity...

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