cataclysmic

adj.

洪水的，大变动的；

1. Together, these forces proved cataclysmic.
   事实证明，这些力量聚合在一起产生的后果是灾难性的。
2. One can readily trace the disappearance of dinosaurs to a major cataclysmic event.
   人们很容易把恐龙消失的原因归结为重大的灾难性事件。
3. It all happened with the speed of lightning and with cataclysmic violence.
   它发生的像闪电那样快，排山倒海那样猛！
4. That was why the numbers for industrial production looked so cataclysmic earlier this year.
   这便是为什么，今年早些时候，工业生产数据发生了巨幅震荡。

Cataclysmic variables and related objects with INTEGRAL
Late Evolution of Cataclysmic Variables
Long-Term Periods in Cataclysmic Variables
Book Review: Cataclysmic variable stars / CUP, 1995
Evolutions of cataclysmic and low-mass x-ray binaries
Absolute magnitudes of cataclysmic variables
The Physics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects
The evolution of cataclysmic and low-mass X-ray binaries
Origin of the cataclysmic Late Heavy Bombardment period of the terrestrial planets
Catalogue of cataclysmic binaries, low–mass X-ray binaries and related objects (Seventh edition)