ca.tas.tro.phism

n.（名詞）
Geology The doctrine that major changes in the earth`s crust result from catastrophes rather than evolutionary processes.
【地質(zhì)學(xué)】 災(zāi)變說：一種認(rèn)為地殼的重大變化是源于災(zāi)難而非進(jìn)化過程的學(xué)說
The prediction or expectation of cataclysmic upheaval, as in political or social developments.
巨變的預(yù)測：如在政治或社會發(fā)展中對劇烈變動的預(yù)測或預(yù)期

【引伸】
catas.trophist
n.（名詞）