And suddenly geologists began to see catastrophism as an answer to other unanswered questions.

突然间，地质学家开始将灾难论视其他悬未决问题答案。

The old slow and steady idea called uniformitarianism now stood alongside a new idea called catastrophism, where rapid and violent events could sometimes shape Earth's geology in ways that slower processes couldn't explain.

均变论陈旧缓定想法现在与灾难论新想法并驾齐驱，其中快速剧烈事件有时会以较过程，无法解释方式塑造地球地质。

The new battle became an argument between catastrophism and uniformitarianism.

新战斗变成了灾难主义和均变主义之间争论。