n.大洪水;地震;(社会政治的)大变动
The cataclysm flooded the entire valley. 洪水淹没了整个山谷。
A cataclysm caused by the dam breaking. 一场因水坝破裂所造成的大洪水。
No cataclysm has desolated the whole world. 没有任何激变曾使整个世界变成荒芜。
World War II was a cataclysm for all of Europe. 第二次世界大战对整个欧洲是一大剧变。
adj.灾难性的;剧变的