catastrophic success

基本解釋

What does it mean that "China holds the key to the success of humanity's efforts to prevent catastrophic climate change?"
作者在文中提出的“在人類防止災(zāi)難性氣候變化的努力中，中國(guó)是成敗的關(guān)鍵”這句話是什么意思？

Coming so soon after Seattle, any meeting would need to be a stunning success to avoid being judged a catastrophic failure, and would also run the risk of a repeat of Seattle-style chaos.
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In contrast, focus on success often encourages complacency which leads to profound and catastrophic failure.
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Despite a catastrophic conversion rate that generated unnecessary inflation, the move has been a heartening success.
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