calamity

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  • n. 灾难;不幸事件
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  • calabrian adj.(意大利西南部)卡拉布里亚的卡拉布里亚人的.卡拉布里亚方言的.[地质学]卡拉不期(更新世早期)的.
    n. (名词)
    1. 灾难
    2. 不幸
    3. 灾祸
    4. 苦难
    5. 灾害
    6. 困苦
    7. 大祸临头
    8. 无妄之灾
    9. 浩劫
    10. 劫数
    11. 不测事件
    12. 大祸
    13. 大灾害
    14. 不幸事件
    n. (名词)
    1. [C][U]灾祸,灾难 accident;disaster

英英释义

Noun:
  1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

    "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
    "the earthquake was a disaster"

1. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.
他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.
上周的霜冻对柑橘种植业是一场大灾难.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.
事实证明这桩婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
最近南方的洪水是一场灾难.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.
偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
      最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。
    2. She is always on the alert for some new calamity.
      她总是保持警觉以防某种新的灾难。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Calamity stalks in that country.
      灾难在那个国家蔓延。
    2. If we had been careful such a calamity would not have befallen us.
      假如我们谨慎的话,这种灾难不会降临到我们的头上。
    3. The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.
      事实证明这桩婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸。
    4. It will be a calamity if I fail my exam.
      这次考试如果通不过我就惨了。
    5. They kept a record of earthquake calamity.
      他们记录地震所发生的灾祸。
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    1. I am afraid my report for the past year is not a very cheerful one,it is the story of one calamity on the back of another.
      恐怕我关于去年的报告不令人愉快,那是一个接一个的灾难故事。
    2. The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.
      上周的霜冻对柑橘种植业是一场大灾难。
    3. The spring floods were a great calamity to the farmers whose crops and homes were ruined.
      这场春季洪水对那些房屋和庄稼被毁的农民来说是一场大灾难。
    4. The loss of the ship was a calamity to the navy.
      该船的沉没为海军的一大不幸。
n. (名词)
calamity, catastrophe, disaster
  • 这三个词均可指不幸的灾难。disaster指人为的或自然的灾祸; calamity指造成的灾祸比disaster更大; catastrophe指造成的损失无法补偿。
  • disaster,calamity,catastrophe,misfortune
  • 这些名词均表示“灾难”或“不幸”之意。
  • disaster普通用词,指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
  • calamity多指个人的不幸,比disaster严重,强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
  • catastrophe语气最强,指可怕的灾难,强调最终的结局。
  • misfortune多指较为严重的不幸,强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
  • 词源解说

    • ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语,直接源自中古法语的calamite,意为灾难。
    用作名词 (n.)
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