【chasm】 - A-level备考词汇

chasm

UK:  ['kæz(ə)m]

US:  ['kæzəm]

复数：chasms  

n.

1.鸿沟;相差悬殊

2.裂缝;断层

3.深渊;深坑

4.(感情等的)分歧,隔阂

5.欠缺

6.夹弄

7.溶解陷穴

8.巨大差别

9.分离

10.【地质学;地理学】(地壳的)裂口;陷坑;裂罅,断层;峡谷

1 . The chasm between the amount of information and man's ability to deal with it may be widening, but that need not be a cause for alarm.
信息总量与人类信息处理能力之间的鸿沟可能会扩大，但我们不必为此过分担心。

2 . Even the grandest of the archangels, many who are here on this night, cannot be here with you when you cross the chasm.
即使是许多今天晚上在这里的，最崇高的天使长，在你横渡峡谷时也不能一道陪你。

3 . Down the rugged sides of the chasm, looking black like flies against all that fiery light, hundreds of Earthmen were climbing.
在那火红的光照下，成千的地下人看上去就像黑压压一片苍蝇正顺着凹凸不平的裂缝边往下爬去。

4 . As this was an inane and unanswerable argument Benjamin made no reply, and from that time on a chasm began to widen between them.
这一番无理之词让本杰明哑口无言。从这时起两个人之间的关系开始出现了裂痕。

5 . "Bacteria are at the bottom of a deep chasm in the energy landscape, and they never found a way out, " explained Dr Martin.
“细菌位于能源景观中的一个深深鸿沟的底部，而且他们从来没有找到一条出路，”马丁博士解释。