catastrophism

英汉释义

• n.

  1.【地】灾变说

  2.大难难免论,劫数难逃论

英英释义

• n.

  1.a theory, now discredited, that the geologic features of Earth were formed by a series of sudden violent catastrophes rather than a gradual evolutionary process.

  2.an outlook or attitude that foresees disaster as the only possible outcome of any action or situation