The earthquake was a catastrophe.
地震是一场灾难。
Forgetting the tickets would be a catastrophe.
要是忘了带票，那就糟透了。
The oil spill was an environmental catastrophe.
那次石油泄漏是一场环境灾难。
Quick action by the pilots prevented a catastrophe.
飞行员的迅速反应避免了一场灾难。
Choose the word that is the closest synonym to “catastrophe”: The oil spill was an environmental __________ that affected thousands of miles of coastline.
D — disaster. “catastrophe” means n. disaster, tragedy
The massive oil spill was an environmental ______ of enormous scale.
C — catastrophe. “catastrophe” means n. disaster, tragedy
catastrophe — n. disaster, tragedy. In Chinese: 灾难，灾祸.
catastrophe is pronounced /kəˈtæstrəfi/. It breaks into 4 syllables: ca · tas · tro · phe.
“catastrophe” means disaster, tragedy. Examples: (1) The earthquake was a catastrophe. (2) Forgetting the tickets would be a catastrophe. (3) The oil spill was an environmental catastrophe. (4) Quick action by the pilots prevented a catastrophe.
disaster, tragedy — all close in meaning to catastrophe (n. disaster, tragedy).
Yes. catastrophe appears on the iSEE Vocab Middle list, which covers nearly 700 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
cata(downward)+stroph(turning)