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a chasm in [place]
chasm 常与 in 连用，说明裂口所在的位置。
The earthquake left a chasm in the ground.
地震在地面上留下了一道裂口。
裂口；深渊
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裂口；深渊
a deep opening in the earth's surface
The earthquake left a chasm in the ground.
地震在地面上留下了一道裂口。
深渊,深谷,陡峭的裂隙或裂缝。
A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.
重大分歧,意见上的巨大差异。
A large difference of opinion.
The hikers stopped at the edge of a deep chasm carved by the river.
徒步旅行者在河流冲蚀出的深谷边缘停了下来。
After the earthquake, a wide chasm opened in the middle of the road.
地震后，公路中间裂开了一道宽阔的深沟。
Over the years, rainwater widened the chasms in the limestone hills.
多年来，雨水拓宽了石灰岩丘陵中的裂隙。
chasm 常与 in 连用，说明裂口所在的位置。
The earthquake left a chasm in the ground.
地震在地面上留下了一道裂口。
between 强调裂口位于两者之间，常连接两个具体地点。
A deep chasm between the two cliffs blocked the path.
两座峭壁之间的一道深壑挡住了去路。
that 引导的定语从句可以补充说明这道裂口的具体情况。
The chasm that separated the two villages was too deep to cross.
隔开两个村庄的那道裂口太深，无法跨过。
Not this
There are several chasm in this area.
Use this
There are several chasms in this area.
chasm 是可数名词，复数形式是 chasms；several 后接复数名词，所以需要用 chasms。
Not this
We almost fell into chasm.
Use this
We almost fell into a chasm.
chasm 是可数名词，单数形式前需要限定词；这里表示“一个裂缝/深渊”，所以要用不定冠词 a。
Not this
The river flows through a chasm among the two cliffs.
Use this
The river flows through a chasm between the two cliffs.
表示两者之间用 between，不用 among；among 用于三者或三者以上。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
深深的裂缝；深渊
The earthquake opened a deep chasm in the middle of the road.
地震在马路上震开了一道深深的裂缝。
张着大口的深渊；巨大的裂口
A yawning chasm appeared after the landslide.
山体滑坡后出现了一道张着大口的裂口。
无底深渊
The explorers stared into a bottomless chasm.
探险者们凝视着无底深渊。
越过深渊；跨过裂口
We had to cross a chasm using only a narrow rope bridge.
我们必须仅靠一座窄绳桥越过深渊。
坠入深渊
One wrong step and you could fall into the chasm.
一步走错，你可能会坠入深渊。
在裂口上架桥
They used strong beams to bridge the chasm.
他们用坚固的梁在裂口上架起桥来。
弥合鸿沟；消除巨大分歧
It will take years of dialogue to bridge the chasm between the two communities.
要弥合这两个社区之间的鸿沟，需要多年的对话。
跨越鸿沟；突破从早期市场到主流市场的难关
Many startups fail because they cannot cross the chasm from early adopters to the mainstream market.
许多初创公司因无法跨越从早期采用者到主流市场的鸿沟而失败。
日益扩大的鸿沟
There is a widening chasm between the rich and the poor in many countries.
许多国家的贫富差距日益扩大。
在我们和你们之间，隔着巨大的深渊。
The deep chasm between the two communities seemed impossible to bridge.
两个群体之间深深的鸿沟似乎无法弥合。
Use chasm naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“凯怎”的发音，想象两山之间“开”出一条深裂口，那就是chasm（深渊）。
语域：formal 常见场景：geology、nature writing、travel writing chasm 比较常见于书面或正式场合，多用于描述地表很深的天然裂口；日常口语中较少使用，更常说 gap 或 crack。
Only spasm and plasm rhyme with chasm (all end in /ˈæzəm/). The others—sarcasm, orgasm, enthusiasm, phantasm—share the spelling -asm but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.