1.【地】(地壳突然隆起而造成的)灾变;天翻地覆;(政治或社会的)大变动,大动乱
2.特大洪水
1.a sudden violent change, especially a social or political one
2.a sudden natural event that causes a lot of damage, for example a flood or an earthquake
1.Such a cataclysm should have purged the speculation from the system for a generation.
这种大灾难本该将投机活动从金融体系中彻底清除出去，并维持一代人之久。
2.A leader in Jerusalem Post has talked to the heart: the Egyptian revolution presents the biggest cataclysm since the Iranian Revolution.
《耶路撒冷邮报》社论说得真切：埃及革命代表“伊朗革命以来的最大灾难”。
3.During the five days that this cataclysm lasted, the sun did not show its face and the earth remained in darkness. ' Worlds in Collision, p.
在这5天里，大灾难持续着，太阳没有露脸，地球仍然处在黑暗之中。
4.Anakin kept the Falcon grounded as long as he could, soaring away from the cataclysm at the last possible instant.
阿纳金让千年隼在地面上停留了尽可能长的时间，直到灾难袭来的最后一刻才飞离现场。
5.The only way to preclude such a cataclysm, the authors argue, is to adopt much tougher counter-measures: rollback, in Cold War terms.
该书的作者说，避免这场大灾难的唯一途径，就是采取更加严厉的反制措施：用冷战术语来说，就是“推回”（rollback）。
6.All right, then. You know. . . you know we are on the brink of another cataclysm, probably nuclear, on our own soil.
好吧，那么，你知道……你知道我们正处在又一场灾难的边缘，也许是核战争，就在我们本土。
7.The Great Depression was an economic cataclysm on a scale hard to imagine.
大萧条是一场规模难以想像的经济灾难。
8.S. Henry Kissinger, who was chairing the meeting, observed that the situation held the makings of "a social and political cataclysm. "
会议主持人亨利•基辛格评论称，这一局面有可能引发“一场社会和政治灾难”。
9.Fans are also awaiting the latest "expansion" , which is an update to the game. Cataclysm is likely to be the biggest release of next year.
游戏迷还期待著最新的“资料片”，也就是它的升级版。“魔兽世界大灾难”很可能是明年发布的最畅销游戏。
10.A brutal Pit Lord and servant of Mannoroth the Destructor, Magtheridon found his way to Draenor after its cataclysm.
玛瑟里顿是破坏者玛诺罗斯的仆人--一个残忍的深渊领主，玛瑟里顿在灾难之后发现了德拉诺。