adj.災(zāi)難性的；劇變的

Together, these forces proved cataclysmic. 事實(shí)證明，這些力量聚合在一起產(chǎn)生的后果是災(zāi)難性的。

One can readily trace the disappearance of dinosaurs to a major cataclysmic event. 人們很容易把恐龍消失的原因歸結(jié)為重大的災(zāi)難性事件。

That was why the numbers for industrial production looked so cataclysmic earlier this year. 這便是為什么，今年早些時(shí)候，工業(yè)生產(chǎn)數(shù)據(jù)發(fā)生了巨幅震蕩。