chasm

英 [ˈkæzəm]

美 [ˈkæzəm]

n.  (地上的)深裂口，裂隙，深坑; (两个人或团体之间的)巨大分歧，显著差别

复数：chasms　

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牛津词典

noun

• （地上的）深裂口，裂隙，深坑
  a deep crack or opening in the ground
• （两个人或团体之间的）巨大分歧，显著差别
  a very big difference between two people or groups, for example because they have different attitudes

柯林斯词典

• 石罅;地缝;冰缝
  Achasmis a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.
• N-COUNT (事物或团体间的)显著差距，巨大分歧
  If you say that there is achasmbetween two things or between two groups of people, you mean that there is a very large difference between them.
  1. ...the chasm that divides the worlds of university and industry.
     将大学和企业两个世界分隔开的鸿沟
  2. ...the chasm between rich and poor in America.
     美国显著的贫富差距

英英释义

noun

• a deep opening in the earth's surface

双语例句

• Environment and development, it is the chasm of industrialized country and area impassable.
  环境与发展，是工业化国家和地区不可逾越的鸿沟。
• There is a deep political chasm between the two countries which nearly leads to war.
  这两个国家间政治上分歧殊深，几乎引发战争。
• There's a chasm between rich and poor in that society.
  那社会中存在着穷富之间的鸿沟。
• The seven years 'difference in our ages lay between us like a chasm.
  我们相差七岁，这象深渊般地把我们隔开了。
• Making this vision a reality is challenging because of the rather significant chasm between client and server.
  由于在客户机和服务器间存在着巨大差异，让这个目标成为现实还是很有挑战性的。
• But shaking up the economy and plugging the yawning chasm in the public finances requires legislation.
  我认为应该是但是公共财务中重组经济和填补正在变大的窟窿（财政赤字）需要立法的帮助。
• In this way they came to the edge of the chasm.
  他们就这样来到了缺口的边缘。
• If unattended, this gap may well turn into a chasm.
  如不加以解决，这一差距很有可能变为难以弥合的沟壑。
• Tere is no impassable chasm between thinking is terms of images and logic thinking.
  形象思维与逻辑思维之间没有不可逾越的鸿沟。
• It must be filled up-this terrible chasm.
  这可怕的深坑必须填平。