In The Epic of Gilgamesh we have no motive given for the divine destruction whatsoever. It just seems to be pure capriciousness.

在《吉尔伽美什史诗》中，并没有引起这场大灾难的原因,似乎就像是一场自然灾难。

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They shared fun with firecrackers, which was a disastrous thing which nearly brought the experiment to an end.

让他们一起玩烟花，结果变成一场大灾难,差点害得连实验都做不下去了。

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What better way to drive home the point that inhumanity and violence undermine the very foundations of society than to describe a situation in which a cosmic catastrophe results from human corruption and violence.

我们应该铭记在心的一点是,任何非人道的行为都会侵蚀人类社会存在的根基,而不是简单的描述一个人类因其堕落和血腥,招致的一场大灾难的场景。

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It's a story of catastrophes.

这是关于一场大灾难的故事。

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You know from catastrophe, cata is Greek for down.

从大灾难这个词知道，希腊人用cata表示下降。

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