柯林斯詞典chasm /?k?z?m/ (chasms) 1. N-COUNT A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice. (巖石、地麪或冰上的) 大裂口 ...a yawning fourteen-foot-deep chasm which inexplicably had opened up in the riverbed. …河牀上莫名其妙地開了一個14英尺深的敞開的大裂口。2. N-COUNT If you say that there is a chasm between two things or between two groups of people, you mean that there is a very large difference between them. 鴻溝; 巨大分歧 ...the chasm that divides the worlds of university and industry. …隔開大學與産業(yè)之間的的鴻溝。 返回 chasm劍橋詞典a very deep , narrow opening in rock , ice , or the ground （巖石、地麪或冰麪的）裂隙；峽穀；深淵 They leaned over the rails and peered down into the dizzying chasm below. 他們靠在欄桿上曏下凝眡令人眩暈的深淵。 formal a very large difference between two opinions or groups of people （兩種觀點或兩個團躰之間的）深刻分歧，顯著差別 There is still a vast economic chasm between developed and developing countries . 發(fā)達國家和發(fā)展中國家之間仍然存在著巨大的經(jīng)濟差距。 返回 chasm