A big earthquake is a catastrophe.

Every one feels that a disaster is imminent, as if a catastrophe is about to come.

谁都感到大事不好, 似乎有什么极大的灾难即将来临.

They ought to fear climate catastrophe and they are running out of time to act.

他们应该害怕气候大灾难,他们采取行动的时间已经很紧了.

Two thousand people died in the catastrophe.

有2000人死于这场灾难.

There used to be few catastrophe risk control instruments for the insurance company to utilize.

在过去,保险公司对自身承保的巨灾风险的控制手段不多.

Lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system.

资金的缺乏给我们学校带来了灾难性的后果.

Will China's economic boom be a halt by environmental catastrophe?

中国经济的增长会因环境灾难而终止 吗 ?

I have listened to people talk about the catastrophe in Tangshan.

我曾听人们谈论到唐山的那次大灾难.

Once Safety critical software runs into dangerous state, it will result in serious damage even catastrophe.

如果嵌入式系统安全关键软件质量不好, 可能对系统的安全构成严重威胁.

Based on these analyses, reasonable precautions against different type of catastrophes have been introduced.

在此基础上, 对不同的灾种,提出了相应的防治措施.

Apparently my life has to pendulate between setbacks and catastrophes.

显然我的一生就在挫折和灾难中成长.

Periodic local catastrophes reduce populations.

周期性的局部地区的灾变降低了种群的数量.

Natural catastrophes remain unpredictable, in spite of huge technical and scientific advances.

尽管科技取得了巨大的进步,自然灾害仍然是不可预测的.

Combinations of the above, and many other unsuspected and sudden man-made catastrophes.

除了上述情况, 还应该包括一些未知的和突发的人为灾祸.

Catastrophes make good copy.

灾难提供了很好的新闻报导素材.

Her heart prophesied all sorts of catastrophes.

她的心理有各种异常灾祸的预感.

Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages.

植物的病害 、 于旱 、 荒芜和绝望是那个时代常发生的灾难.

But we managed to preserve all this through the catastrophes.

但我们成功地在灾难中保全了这一切.

Population size may also be reduced by density independent factors a category that includes natural catastrophes.

群体规模也可因为密度无关因子而降低,包括自然灾难.

Catastrophes have thus become what insurance textbook writers call an'uninsurable risk '.

灾难就此成为保险教科书编写者叫'承保风险.

The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.

电话铃响了,这就揭开了未预料到的大灾难的序幕.