词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～- avert a catastrophe避免一场灾难
形容词+～- financial catastrophe财政困难
- natural catastrophe自然灾害
～+介词- catastrophe to everyone对每个人都是灾难
词组短语
catastrophe theory[数]突变理论
catastrophe model激变模型
catastrophe risk巨灾风险；特殊风险
同近义词辨析
disaster, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe
这组词都有“灾难”的意思，其区别是：
misfortune普通用词，多批较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
calamity多指个人的不幸，比disaster严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
catastrophe语气最强，指可怕的灾难，强调最终的结局。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- The earthquake was a terrible catastrophe.
这次地震是个可怕的灾难。 - He is teetering on the edge of catastrophe.
他在大灾难的边缘徘徊。 - The catastrophe would be stamped in their minds.
那场灾难将会深深地印在他们的头脑里。 - Their other problems paled into insignificance beside this latest catastrophe.
最近发生这一灾祸后,他们其他的问题都显得无关重要了。 - Because of the failure the catastrophe will be coming.
因为失败，大祸就要来临了。 - Their English party turned out to be a catastrophe.
他们的英语晚会结局糟透了。
权威例句
Catastrophe theory and its applicationCatastrophe Theory and Its ApplicationsCatastrophe theory and its applications: A critical reviewRNA virus error catastrophe: Direct molecular test by using ribavirinCompact gauge fields and the infrared catastropheCatastrophe theory and its applications (Surveys and reference works in mathematics 2 )Meiotic catastrophe and retrotransposon reactivation in male germ cells lacking Dnmt3L.Catastrophe and impoverishment in paying for health care: with applications to Vietnam 1993-1998.Full catastrophe living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain, and illness (15th anniversary ed.).Identification of a Protein That Interacts with Tubulin Dimers and Increases the Catastrophe Rate of Microtubules
