catastrophic collapse

基本解释

But nor did the West offer Russia a Marshall Plan to stave off a catastrophic collapse in living standards.
但西方也沒有曏俄羅斯提供一個馬歇爾救援計劃來推遲其生活水平災難性的崩潰。
Catastrophic collapse: More than three million colonies in America and billions of bees worldwide have died since 2006
災難性崩潰：2006年以來美國有300多萬，世界各地有數十億蜜蜂死亡。
As well as this reduction in area, scientists believe that, hidden beneath the surface, the ice is growing ever thinner, setting up the Arctic for another sudden, catastrophic collapse.
除此之外，科學家們認爲，在冰麪之下冰層正逐漸變薄，這會導致北極地區另一次塌陷，而且將是災難性的。

For as long as the catastrophic collapse of the euro zone remains a real possibility, it is hard to see that changing.
ECONOMIST: The euro
Considering the near-catastrophic collapse of the nation's financial system in the past couple of months, it seems more likely than not that somebody was asleep somewhere.
FORBES: Financial Crisis, Legal Boom