Experts have said that it suggests a " catastrophic failure" of technology.

专家曾说这意味着科技的“灾难性失败”。

The world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure.

世界正处于灾难性道德而失败的边缘。

It caused catastrophic failure in the levees that protected the city from flooding, contributing to the deaths of 1,500 people.

保护城市免受洪灾的防洪堤被破坏，导致1，500人死亡。

You know with rocket science, if you're off by one centimeter, by one micrometer, you can cause catastrophic failures to take place.

你知道，对于火箭科学来说，如果相差一厘米，一微米，就可能导致灾难性的故障发生。

And... Well, I'm just saying that human eyes probably saw the lake and experienced the effects of the flood and the catastrophic failure of it.

嗯，我只是说，人类的眼睛可能看到了湖泊，经历了洪水的影响和灾难性的失败。

Even the smallest inaccuracy at the bottom of the pyramid could result in a catastrophic failure at the top.

即使是金字塔底部最小的错误也可能导致顶部的灾难性故障。

The catastrophic failure of the two dams impacted  more than 2,500 structures and caused more than 200-million-dollars in damage.

两座大坝的灾难性溃决影响了 2,500 多座建筑物，造成了超过 2 亿美元的损失。

But hours before this scheduled launch, SpaceX founder Elon Musk worked to lower expectations to the point that he seemed to be bracing for catastrophic failure.

但在预定发射前几个小时，太空探索技术公司创始人埃隆·马斯克努力试图降低人们的期望，看起来，他似乎准备好迎接灾难性的失败。

Well, let's remember, less than a year ago in Japan, we witnessed the catastrophic failure of the nuclear power industry.

好吧，让我们记住，不到一年前，我们在日本目睹了核电行业的灾难性失败。

You need to use as many thrusters as possible to give yourself the best chance at clearing the gap, without triggering any of the three catastrophic failures.

你需要用尽可能多的推进器使自己尽量缩小差距，且不会引起三个毁灭性故障中的任何一个。

In 1281, Kublai Khan sent his troops to invade  Japan. His fleet of more than 3,500 ships, however, had a catastrophic failure to communicate  and the Japanese forces repelled their advances.

1281年，忽必烈派兵入侵日本。然而，他的 3,500 多艘船只的舰队发生了灾难性的通信故障，日军击退了他们的进攻。