1N-COUNT 石罅;地缝;冰缝 A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice. 石罅;地缝;冰缝
2N-COUNT (事物或团体间的)显著差距,巨大分歧 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. (事物或团体间的)显著差距,巨大分歧
...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
...the chasm between rich and poor in America. [+ between]
1hole in the ground坑ADJECTIVE | CHASM + VERBADJECTIVE➤deep, gaping, great, huge, vast, yawning深淵;豁開的地穴;大坑;張着大口的陷坑CHASM + VERB➤open, open up陷坑張開◇Suddenly a huge chasm opened in the earth.大地突然裂開,露出一個大窟窿。chasm
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2great difference of feelings/interests情感或興趣的巨大差別ADJECTIVE | VERB + CHASM | CHASM + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤great, growing, huge, unbridgeable, vast, wide, yawning巨大的分歧;不斷擴大的分歧;無法彌合的分歧VERB + CHASM➤bridge, cross彌合分歧➤create, open製造/產生分歧CHASM + VERB➤separate sth分歧使⋯分開◇A chasm separates my generation from my parents'.分歧使我這一代人不同於我父母那一代。PREPOSITION➤chasm between⋯之間的分歧◇an attempt to bridge the chasm between the two cultures彌合兩種文化之間隔閡的嘗試➤chasm of⋯的裂痕◇a huge chasm of hate and prejudice由於仇恨和偏見而產生的巨大裂痕