cataclysm

英 [ˈkæt.ə.klɪ.zəm]      美 [ˈkæt̬.ə.klɪ.zəm]
  • n. 灾难;大洪水,地震;(社会政治的)大变动
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为了记住单词“cataclysm”,可以采用联想记忆法:

将“cataclysm”分解为“cat-a-lysm”。联想一个场景:想象一只猫(cat)在一场大灾难(cata)中激发了催化(lysm)作用,导致整个场景发生剧烈变化。这样,“cataclysm”就与“大灾难”的形象联系起来,帮助记忆。

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cataclysm 大灾难

cata-, 向下。-clysm, 冲洗,流,词源可能同flow, flood. 原指大洪水。

cataclysm (n.)
1630s, from French cataclysme (16c.), from Latin cataclysmos or directly from Greek kataklysmos "deluge, flood, inundation," from kataklyzein "to deluge," from kata "down" (see cata-) + klyzein "to wash," from PIE *kleue- "to wash, clean" (see cloaca).
1. The extinct volcano's eruption would mean a cataclysm for the city.
死火山又重新喷发,对这座城市来说意味着大难临头.
2. The floods were a cataclysm from which the local people never recovered.
经历了这场特大洪水,当地人民元气大伤,很难恢复.
3. The cataclysm flooded the entire valley.
洪水淹没了整个山谷.
4. No cataclysm has desolated the whole world.
没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜.
5. You've been in love, and it hasn't meant such a cataclysm, hasn't proved the great affair.
你曾经恋爱过, 这并不意味是天翻地覆的变化, 并没有证明是件大事.