成语
前所未有
Unprecedented
席卷
to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything
反气旋
anticyclone
臭名昭著
Notorious
衍生
to give rise to / to derive / derivative / derivation
催化剂
Catalyst
无能为力
impotent (idiom) / powerless / helpless
配给
to ration/ to allocate
人满为患
Packed with people/ over crowded/ overpopulation
遮天蔽日
lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
窒息
to choke/ to stifle / to suffocate
囤积
to stock up / to lay in supplies / to hoard (for speculation) / to corner the market in sth