1·The minister gave a warning that if war broke out, it would be catastrophic.
大臣警告说战争一旦爆发，将会是灾难性的。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The report describes the catastrophic disintegration of the aircraft after the explosion.
该报道描述了爆炸后飞机的灾难性崩解。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·These catastrophic events caused more than $1.5 trillion in economic losses.
这些灾难性的事件造成的经济损失超过1万5千亿美元。
4·Though we've never had a catastrophic loss such as that, Gibbs and I did have a close call shortly before we decided to simplify.
虽然我们从未经历过那样的灾难性损失，但吉布斯和我确实在我们决定简化程序之前进行了一次简短的密切通话。
5·Even without such specific documentation, it is clear that impacts of this size do occur and that their results can be catastrophic.
即使没有这样具体的记录，这种规模的影响也很明显是确实会发生的，而其结果可能是灾难性的。