catastrophic 

英汉解释

adj. 灾难的；悲惨的

同义词

a. ruinous

参考例句

1. A fire at this time of the year would be catastrophic.
一年中这个时候发生火灾将是具有灾难性的。
2. For example, do we view failure as catastrophic, or do we see it as a learning opportunity?
例如，我们认为失败是悲惨的，还是我们把它看作是一个学习的机会呢？
3. But nor did the West offer Russia a Marshall Plan to stave off a catastrophic collapse in living standards.
但西方也没有向俄罗斯提供一个马歇尔救援计划来推迟其生活水平灾难性的崩溃。

英英解释

adj.
  1. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin

网络释义

catastrophic
灾难性的; 悲惨的; 灾难性因素; 悲惨的，灾难的;
catastrophic failure
致命失效; 灾难误失; 严重故障; 重大事故;
catastrophic degradation
突然退化; 灾难式降级;
catastrophic creep
频变蠕变;
Catastrophic accident
重大特大安全事故;