cataclysm [ˈkætəˌklɪzəm]

例句:

• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• The cataclysm flooded the entire valley.
  洪水淹没了整个山谷.
  
• The result appears to have been some kind of cataclysm.
  来自BBC
• The grim and awful cataclysm of war.
  来自W. S. Churchill
• However, that was worthy more than any meal after the cataclysm.
  来自BBC