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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kætəˈstɹɒfɪk/
• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA: /ˌkætəˈstɹɑfɪk/, [ˌkæɾəˈstɹɑfɪk]
• (Canada, dialects of the 米国発音) IPA: /ˌkætəˈstɹɒfɪk/, [ˌkæɾəˈstɹɒfɪk]
• (General Australian) IPA: /kætəˈstɹɔfɪk/, [kæɾəˈstɹɔfɪk]
• 韻: -ɒfɪk

形容詞

catastrophic (comparative more catastrophic, superlative most catastrophic)

1. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
2. Disastrous; ruinous.
   • 2009 May 22, Stuart Heritage, “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”, in Hecklerspray‎, archived from the original on 15 April 2024:

     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.

   • 2024 September 14, Katie Hunt, “New evidence upends contentious Easter Island theory, scientists say”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 21 September 2024:

     Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting.

3. From which recovery is impossible.

   catastrophic failure

同意語

• catastrophal

反意語

• anastrophic

派生語

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