然而，对于一种生物种群而言是大灾难的事件，却有可能给另一种生物种群创造机会。

What is a catastrophe for one group of living things, however, may create opportunities for another group.

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这形势本来是很可能成为一场大灾难的。

The situation might all too easily have become a disaster.

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大灾难的规模和频率也在不断扩大。

Disasters are also increasing in scale and frequency.

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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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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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