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

• Digital chasm already was together with the imparity of21 century and impoverished connection, become current and henceforth a hot issue inside period of time.
  数字鸿沟已与21世纪的不平等和贫困联系在一起，成为当前以及今后一段时间内一个炙手可热的问题。
• This is because a huge chasm exists between us and the countryside, between us and the land.
  因为在我们和农村之间，我们和土地之间存在着一条巨大的鸿沟。
• In this way they came to the edge of the chasm.
  他们就这样来到了缺口的边缘。
• Peering fearfully over the edge of the chasm, he sees deep below the missing lamb, plaintively bleating.
  他害怕的从裂缝边缘往下看，发现丢失的羊羔正在下面悲伤的咩咩叫着。
• Summary: Every emerging technology has to cross the chasm between innovation and acceptance.
  简介：每一种新兴的技术必须要穿越创新和接受之间的鸿沟。
• There was a man across the chasm who could have been your brother.
  在深渊的另一边有一个人很可能是您的兄弟。
• It must be filled up-this terrible chasm.
  这可怕的深坑必须填平。
• 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。
• 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。
• They failed to bridge the chasm.
  他们未能跨越这道鸿沟。