单词 | chasm |
释义 | chasm 1. a. < the brink of a precipice, of a chasm in the earth over two hundred feet deep, the sides sheer cliffs — Willa Cather > b. c. < if I leave anywhere a chasm in my narrative, tell me — Sheridan Le Fanu > 2. < our only way of closing the chasm between the magnificent richness of human potentiality and the paltriness of human achievement — Paul Pickrel > especially < trade between the two countries had attained a considerable volume despite the … political chasm between them — Collier's Year Book > < the rifts that seemed to cleave soldier from civilian, in habit and state of mind, tempting the former to make the chasm permanent — Dixon Wecter > |
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