[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（行为）严厉的，极端的 If you have to take drastic action in order to solve a problem, you have to do something extreme and basic to solve it.
Drastic measures are needed to clean up the profession...
行业清理整顿需要严厉的措施。
He's not going to do anything drastic about economic policy.
他不打算对经济政策作任何重大调整。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（变化）激烈的，巨大的 A drastic change is a very great change.
Elderly people are not in a position to make drastic changes at this stage of their life...
上了年纪的人在他们这个人生阶段不会再有什么实质性的改变。
...a drastic reduction in the numbers of people dying.
死亡人数的大幅下降
drastically
As a result, services have been drastically reduced.
结果是服务业急剧萎缩。
Oxford
dras·tic/ˈdræstɪk;ˈdrɑːstɪk; NAmEˈdræstɪk/adjectiveextreme in a way that has a sudden, serious or violent effect on sth 极端的；急剧的；严厉的；猛烈的◆drastic measures/changes严厉的措施；剧烈的变化◆The government is threatening to take drastic action.政府警告说要采取断然措施。◆a drastic shortage of food食物的极度短缺◆Talk to me before you do anything drastic.你采取任何重大行动之前要跟我谈谈。▶dras·tic·al·ly/ˈdræstɪkli;ˈdrɑːstɪkli; NAmEˈdræstɪkli/adverb◆Output has been drastically reduced.产量已急剧下降。◆Things have started to go drastically wrong.情况变得完全失控。dras·tic/ˈdræstɪk;ˈdrɑːstɪk; NAmEˈdræstɪk/dras·tic·al·ly/ˈdræstɪkli;ˈdrɑːstɪkli; NAmEˈdræstɪkli/
LDC
drasticdras‧tic /ˈdræstɪk/ ●○○ adjective
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extreme and suddendrastic action/measures NATO threatened drastic action if its terms were not met.drastic cuts in government spendingDrastic changes are needed if environmental catastrophe is to be avoided.—drastically /-kli/ adverb: The size of the army was drastically cut.
WDF
drastic
[ˈdræstɪk]
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激烈的(71%)，极端的(25%)，重大的(4%)
n.烈性泻药
adj.激烈的；猛烈的
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