灭顶之灾

Huge surges cause severe flooding that demolishes buildings, washes out beaches and highways, and drowns people.

巨大的涌浪引起剧烈的泛滥,从而摧毁房屋, 冲坏海滩与公路, 使人们惨遭灭顶之灾.

The process of implementing these changes can be very disruptive to a small company.

对于小公司来说，实行这些变革可能会带来灭顶之灾。

It has also had harmful effects on the ecology of area , killing many plants and animals.

污染对长江流域的生态也产生了有害的影响, 大量的动植物因此遭到了灭顶之灾.

That could be fatal to its privatization.

这对自由化而言无异于灭顶之灾.

Years of war culminated in nothing less than a brutal razing of the city.

经年的战争给这座城市带来的不亚于灭顶之灾.

I had suddenly felt a chill conviction of danger, a shiver that suggested overwhelming evil.

我突然感到确有危险而打了个寒噤——这是一种使人联想到灭顶之灾的惊颤.

He had seen Woodrow Wilson destroyed by Congress's rejection of the League in 1919.

他曾亲眼目睹伍德罗·威尔逊就是因为国会在1919年拒绝他有关国联的主张,才遭灭顶之灾.

Europe's biggest car group could be heading for a crash.

欧洲最大的汽车集团也许面临着的是灭顶之灾.

Otherwise, people would be swamped.

否则, 就可能有灭顶之灾.

The plane was shot down into the sea and people in it were drowned.

飞机被击落坠海,全机人员惨遭灭顶之灾.

I tried hard to keep my head above water.

我好容易才免于灭顶之灾.

Only miserable creatures would survive such a catastrophe anyhow.

只有摇尾乞怜的家伙,才会经过这场灭顶之灾后幸存下来.

News of the death of forests appears to have been greatly exaggerated.

森林要遭灭顶之灾的传闻已是危言耸听了.

He is finding it difficult to keep his head above water.

他发现很难避免灭顶之灾.

If the relief wells fail, the company may be doomed.

如果减压井不能奏效, 公司或将遭遇灭顶之灾.