catastrophic

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /kætəˈstɹɒfɪk/    美 /ˌkætəˈstɹɑfɪk/|[ˌkæɾəˈstɹɑfɪk]|/kætəˈstɹɔfɪk/|[kæɾəˈstɹɔfɪk]

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
  2. Disastrous; ruinous.
    — The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.
  3. From which recovery is impossible.
    — catastrophic failure

词形变化

more catastrophic comparative most catastrophic superlative

词汇关系

近义词
catastrophal
反义词
anastrophic
衍生词
catastrophically catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome catastrophic backtracking catastrophic failure catastrophic forgetting catastrophic interference catastrophic kill catastrophic mortality catastrophic moult megacatastrophic noncatastrophic postcatastrophic subcatastrophic supercatastrophic uncatastrophic

词源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταστροφικός (katastrophikós). By surface analysis, catastrophe + -ic.
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