chasms是什么意思？

chasms

• n. 裂缝( chasm的名词复数 )，裂口，分歧，差别；

例句

• The sectarian chasms remain deep, the wounds of strife raw. 各派别的分歧巨大, 旧恨新仇交织.
• She found great chasms in her mathematics and physics. 她觉得她的数学课和物理课的知识还很欠缺.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  石罅;地缝;冰缝
  A chasm is a very deep crack in rock, earth, or ice.
• N-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.
  例句
  ...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. 美国显著的贫富差距