| 单词 | catastrophe |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [kə'tæstrəfi] |
| 解释 | n.突如其来的大灾难 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 突如其来的大灾难(su dden great disaster ) 【考】 catastrophe : mishap / humiliation : embarrassment(灾难比不幸程度深/ 羞辱比窘迫程度深) 【例】 The earthquake was a terrible catastrophe . |
| 字源 | catastrophe (n.) 1530s, "reversal of what is expected" (especially a fatal turning point in a drama), from Latin catastropha, from Greek katastrophe "an overturning; a sudden end," from katastrephein "to overturn, turn down, trample on; to come to an end," from kata "down" (see cata-) + strephein "turn" (see strophe). Extension to "sudden disaster" is first recorded 1748. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (突如其来的、涉及面广的)大灾难 = disaster; (彻底的)失败 【例】The English party turned out to be a catastrophe 英语晚会的结局糟透了. 【记】cata向下, strophe翻转－天向下翻转－塌下来了－大灾难 【参】catastrophic(adj 悲惨的, 灾难的) 【类】catastrophe: mishap = humiliation: embarrassment大灾难是特彆不幸 = 羞辱是特别窘迫oxymoron: contradictory = mishap: catastrophic矛盾修饰法是矛盾的 = 不幸是灾难的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】cata + strop 向下一拽皮带，结果把天弄塌了 |
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