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catastrophic

🇬🇧 UK/kætə'strɒfɪk/🇺🇸 US/.kætә'strɒfik/
B2

Definitions

adj.

Causing sudden, great damage or suffering; extremely harmful or disastrous

灾难性的,毁灭性的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
catadown, against
+
stropheturn, overturn, turning
+
icrelating to, having the nature of
=catastrophic

Common Collocations

  • 1.catastrophic failure灾难性故障
  • 2.catastrophic consequence灾难性后果

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The catastrophic failure of the system resulted in complete shutdown.

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