1.“cataclysmal”的变体
1.changing a situation in a sudden, violent, and unpleasant way
2.used for emphasizing that something is very bad
1.The variant of cataclysmal
1.Think of nuclear fission: it generates useful energy but if it runs out of control you get a cataclysmic explosion.
这就像是核裂变反应：核裂变会产生巨大的能量，但一旦失去控制后果将是灾难性的。
2.A bloodline that, if it were genuine, would be cataclysmic for the traditional Christian religions of the world.
这条血统关系如果是真实的，将会摧毁这个世界的传统基督教信仰。
3.Together these data make it clear that cataclysmic impact as a cause of mass extinction was the exception, not the rule.
综合这些资讯，我们很明确知道肇因于灾难性撞击的大规模灭绝，是例外而非通则。
4.A default would be a cataclysmic event for the U. S. economy, its financial markets and, probably, for the rest of the world.
若是美国出现违约，对其经济和金融市场，甚至全世界都将有巨大影响。
5.It is now almost a year since a cataclysmic week for quantitative funds heralded the beginning of the credit crisis.
定量运作基金（QuantitativeFund）的一周剧变吹响了信贷危机的前奏，此事距今已将近一年。
6.During Earth's opening act, space debris and cataclysmic volcanic upheavals destroyed the evidence, like an arsonist torching his tracks.
地球早期，剧烈的火山爆发和陨石的撞击，有如纵火者放火灭迹一样，把所有的证据都已摧毁殆尽。
7.The kind of cataclysmic event my generation has learnt to think belongs only in the history books.
按照我们这一代人所接受的教育，这种巨变只会在历史书上出现。
8."The cataclysmic events took place in the fall of 2008 and the early months of 2009, " Roger Altman, the chairman of Evercore, said to me.
“灾难性事件发生在2008年秋季和2009年年初几个月，”Evercore主席RogerAltman对我说。
9.After all, Islamic resistance to westernization is not a new phenomenon, though it has taken on a new and potentially cataclysmic dimension.
虽然今天伊斯兰对西方的反抗的规模与潜在的影响力都非同小可，但这二者之间的冲突已经不是什么新鲜事了。
10.As the next President of Haiti, Martelly will have to tackle the cataclysmic aftereffects of the earthquake.
要成为海地的下一任总统，马特里将不得不应对海地震后所面临的剧变。