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n.灾难⁹⁵;不幸事件⁵原型calamity的复数名词复数calamities
n.名词
CU灾祸，灾难accident；disaster
Noun:
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity the earthquake was a disaster
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。 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.
动词+～avert a calamity避免灾难cause calamity酿成灾害evade calamity避开灾难，祛灾flee from a calamity逃难suffer a calamity遭受灾难survive a calamity幸免于难ward off a calamity避开灾难bring calamity to the country and the people祸国殃民形容词+～appalling calamity骇人听闻的灾难crushing calamity毁灭性的灾难dire calamity可怕的灾难greatest calamity最大的不幸individual calamity个人的不幸national calamity国难natural calamity自然灾难real calamity真正的灾难social calamity社会的灾难unavoidable calamity不可避免的灾难名词+～war calamity战祸water calamity水灾介词+～50 people were killed in the calamity 50人在那场灾难中丧生～+介词the calamity of war战祸或兵燹a real calamity to the nation对民族的一大灾难
近义词 tragedydisasteraccidentcatastrophe反义词 triumphblessinggood luck
用作名词n.Calamity stalks in that country.灾难在那个国家蔓延。
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。
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。
It will be a calamity if I fail my exam.这次考试如果通不过我就惨了。
They kept a record of earthquake calamity.他们记录地震所发生的灾祸。～+ prep. -phraseI 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。
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。
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。
The loss of the ship was a calamity to the navy.该船的沉没为海军的一大不幸。
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用作名词The recent flooding in the south was acalamity.最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。
She is always on the alert for some newcalamity.她总是保持警觉以防某种新的灾难。noun.disaster;tragedy
同义词 adversity,cataclysm,catastrophe,collapse,hardship,misfortune,mishap,scourge,woeaffliction,cross,curtains,distress,downfall,misadventure,mischance,reverse,ruin,trial,tribulation,visitation,waterloo,wreck,wretchednessblue ruin,holy mess,the worst,unholy mess
反义词 advantage,benefit,blessing,boon,favor,good fortune,good luck,happiness,miracle,success,wonder,comfort,creation,health,peacefortune,joy,profit It is sobering that such calamities could so badly hurt Japan, a technologically advanced nation that puts great emphasis on disaster mitigation.
诸多灾难给日本这样一个着重于减灾的科技发达国家造成如此大的伤害的确发人深省。 yeeyan
That the housing crisis also served to ignite the calamities in the world of credit made the problems only harder to overcome.
房价危机也引发了信贷市场的灾难，导致种种问题只会变得更加难以克服。 yeeyan
The more urgent question is whether the government can do anything to prevent ever- larger crowds from creating ever- greater calamities in the future.
更为迫切的问题是政府是否能采取行动以避免未来不断增加的人流造成的一次次更严重的灾难。 ecocn
The oil price is almost there, without such calamities; such is the curse of publishers’ deadlines.
没出现这些灾害，油价已经接近这个高价；这是出版者诅咒的极限了吧。 ecocn
To Mr Bush’s detractors, by contrast, the withdrawal agreement is no victory, only the final humiliation in a miserable sequence of calamities that flowed from a misbegotten war.
布什的反对者们意见则相反，他们认为该项撤军计划协议根本不是胜利，这场不光彩战争带来了一系列痛苦灾难，留下的只是耻辱。 ecocn
And then, are all uprisings calamities?
其次，一切暴动全是灾难吗？ ebigear
But2011 has already witnessed a cascade of global crises and calamities that have placed unprecedented demands on the international community and its resources.
但是在2011年我们已经目睹了一连串的全球危机和灾难，这对国际社会及其资源提出了前所未有的要求。 who
One of the few calamities that has not befallen the world economy during the past two years is a dollar crash.
美元崩溃是近两年来屈指可数的未殃及世界经济的灾难之一。 iciba
Only in2005, following the Indian Ocean tsunami, did it adopt an agreement obliging members to help one another in natural calamities.
只是在2005年发生印度洋海啸后，东盟才达成了一项让该组织的成员国在遭受自然灾害侵袭时彼此帮助的协议。 ebigear
So Ghana, as hosts of this year's African Cup, got the kind of global media coverage often reserved for African wars and calamities.
所以，作为本次非洲杯的主办国，加纳得到了全球媒体的关注，这些媒体以前只关注非洲的战乱和灾难。 ecocn
The Chinese are confident that when the calamities, protests and Olympic Games are over they will be standing taller and will grow stronger every year.
中国人有信心，当灾难、示威和奥运结束，他们将逐年站得更高，变得更强。 blog.sina.com.cn
The woods are a relative safe place, so calamities are rare.
树林里相对安全，极少有灾难发生。 ebigear
Theories that weather-related calamities such as drought, floods and locust plagues steered the unraveling or creation of Chinese dynasties are not new.
认为由气候造成的灾难如干旱，洪涝和蝗虫引起中国的改朝换代的理论并不是新花样。 yeeyan
They will also be insured against natural calamities for ten years.
它们还将获得十年的自然灾害保险。 worldbank
They will only triumph by persevering in their struggle against natural calamities.
他们只有坚持与自然灾害搏斗，才能取得胜利。《新英汉大辞典》
This unfortunate history caused frightful calamities to the Chinese people and great sufferings to the Japanese people too.
这段不幸历史，给中华民族造成深重灾难，也使日本人民深受其害。 www.fmprc.gov.cn |