灭顶之灾 [
miè dǐng zhī zāi]
great calamity
catastrophe
The Happening(film)
- “我们不能让地球妥协,我们必须遏制气候继续恶化以致带来灭顶之灾。 因此,我们相互之间必须有所妥协,”他提到。
"We cannot compromise with the earth, we cannot compromise with the catastrophe of unchecked climate change, so we must compromise with one another, " he said. - 设定这种“软期限”目的在于让自己能够拥有宝贵的时间来从容应对意外发生的问题,甚至从灭顶之灾中恢复过来。
Setting this kind of soft deadline will give you a crucial grace period to deal with unforeseen problems. You might even have time to recover from outright catastrophes. - 他说,温度上升超过两度将给昆士兰州北部的珊瑚礁和旅游业带来“灭顶之灾”,那儿已经在全球金融危机中举步维艰。
He said a rise of more than two degrees would be "catastrophic" for the reef and tourism in North Queensland, which is already suffering as a result of the global recession.