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n.灾难⁹⁵;不幸事件⁵复数calamities名词复数calamities
不幸其他灾害地质灾害灾难祸
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。 来自古法语calamite，源自拉丁语calamitas，词根calam-灾难，损害的来源不明，派生词很少。
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
钱博士calam灾难，损害+ity抽象名词后缀，表性质和状态⇒灾祸，灾难，不幸
词源解释来自古法语calamite，源自拉丁语calamitas，词根calam-灾难，损害的来源不明，派生词很少。
近义辨析calamity和disaster都可以表示“灾难”，但calamity比disaster更加严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛感觉。GRE红宝书calam破坏－大灾祸cal = call打电话, amityn 友好, 亲善关系－发生大灾祸才会给家人打电话. 联想: 911事件
cal + am + I 有事打电话call 给我 am I；c see + alarm: 看到了警报就是有不幸发生了；看着象calm，多了个字母却是令人不calm的事；
calam破坏destructi on+ity→大灾祸calam灾难，损害+ity抽象名词后缀，表性质和状态⇒灾祸，灾难，不幸。词根记忆calam= destruction破坏+ ity ⇒大灾祸GRE难词记忆calamity→climate n.气候→灾难性气候词根记忆calam不幸+ity表状况→不幸事件近义词 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,wretchednessbad thing,blue 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
accidentnoun unexpected, undesirable event;often physically injurious
blow,casualty,collision,crack-up,disaster,fender-bender,fluke,hazard,misadventure,misfortune,mishap,pileup,rear-ender,setback,smash,smash-up,stack-up,total
adversitiesnoun bad luck, situation
afflictions,bad breaks,bummers,calamities,can of worms,catastrophes,clutches,contretemps,crunches,difficulties,disasters,distress,downers,drags,evil eyes,hard knocks,hard times,hardships,hurtings,ill fortunes,jams,jinxes,kiss of deaths,miseries,misfortunes,mishaps,on the skids,pain in the necks,poisons,reverses,sorrows,sufferings,the worsts,tough lucks,trials,troubles
adversitynoun bad luck, situation
affliction,bad break,bad thing,bummer,calamity,can of worms,catastrophe,clutch,contretemps,crunch,difficulty,disaster,distress,downer,drag,evil eye,hard knocks,hard times,hardship,hurting,ill fortune,jam,jinx,kiss of death,misery,misfortune,mishap,on the skids,pain in the neck,poison,reverse,sorrow,suffering,the worst,tough luck,trial,trouble
afflictionnoun hurt condition;something that causes hurt
adversity,anguish,calamity,cross,crux,depression,difficulty,disease,disorder,distress,grief,hardship,illness,infirmity,misery,misfortune,ordeal,pain,plague,plight,scourge,sickness,sorrow,suffering,torment,trial,tribulation,trouble,woe
bad thingnoun bad situation or occurrence
adversity,bad break,bummer,calamity,cataclysm,catastrophe,disaster,downer,drag,evil,hard knocks,hard times,hardship,jam,misery,misfortune,mishap,storm cloud,tragedy,tribulation,trouble,unpleasantness
banenoun cause of misery
affliction,blight,burden,bête noir,calamity,curse,despair,destruction,disaster,downfall,fatal attraction,misery,nuisance,pest,plague,poison,ruin,ruination,scourge,torment,trial,trouble,undoing,venom,woe A state bankruptcy law, on the other hand, would prepare for a possible future calamity: the inability of some states to pay for workers’ pensions and health care.
另一方面，州政府破产法的设立，可以对将来可能出现的灾难做一定准备：比如有的省无法支付工人的养老金和医疗保险。 ecocn
On the face of it, that sounds like a scenario straight out of cheap science fiction. But even if the odds of calamity are small, why gamble?
乍看起来，这种情况，听起来好像是直接来自廉价科幻小说的情节。虽然造成灾难的可能性很小，可是为什么要去冒险呢？ yeeyan
The boom over, calamity is in vogue once more and to many the end seems nigh.
繁荣已经结束，灾难再次流行，而且对许多人来说，这似乎已是终点。 yeeyan
“ If not checked, this could lead to a national calamity, ” he said.
“如果不加以遏止，这会导致一场全国性的灾难。”他说。 yeeyan
But even if the odds of calamity are small, why gamble?
虽然造成灾难的可能性很小，可是为什么要去冒险呢？ yeeyan
But for new acts it is a calamity.
但是对于新艺人来讲这可是一个灾难。 ecocn
Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.
再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。《新英汉大辞典》
He said Congress needed to pass an economic stimulus package— as it ultimately did— to prevent this calamity.
他表示国会需要通过经济刺激计划——最终确实做到了——以避免可能发生的灾难。 yeeyan
He told the kaiser that a war between Britain and Germany would be an“ unspeakable calamity.” Wilhelm, whom Roosevelt found to be “ vain as a peacock, ” brushed him off.
他告诉德皇英国和德国之间的战争将会是一场“难以言状的灾难”，但被罗斯福称为“孔雀一般虚荣”的威廉对他的话弃如敝履。 yeeyan
In all seasons of calamity, indeed, whether general or of individuals, the outcast of society at once found her place.
每逢灾难，无论是普遍的还是个人的，这个为社会所摒弃的人，都会马上挺身而出。 ebigear
No matter where you stood in2003, and we argued for the invasionsee article, it is impossible to deny that the war in Iraq turned into a humanitarian calamity.
无论你在什么地方，站在2003年，我们为这次侵略争执。我们是不可能否认伊拉克战争进入人道主义灾难。 yeeyan
Pakistan is not about to collapse: a prospect first aired at its bloody creation and dusted off for every war, coup and calamity that has followed.
巴基斯坦并不会因此崩溃。其发动或延续的每一场战争，以及紧随其后的政变和灾难使人们第一次看到了这种可能。 ecocn
Predicting the consequences of an unfinished crisis is perilous. But it is already clear that, even in the absence of a calamity, the direction of globalisation will change.
虽然预测一场尚未结束的危机无以为信，但很明显的一点是，即使没有灾难，全球经济的方向也将会改变。 ecocn
Residents, sometimes helped by friends and relatives, pick through the debris or wander, dazed, through the streets, trying to comprehend the enormity of the calamity.
那些有时受到朋友和亲戚帮助居民，穿过残骸，茫然的游荡于大街小巷，似乎是想充分理解这场巨大的灾难。 ecocn
She imagined that she could be happy here, at least for as long as she could avoid any calamity like the bushfire that had chased her from her last home.
她想自己会在这里住得很开心，至少住到她能躲避丛林大火之类的灾难，上一回搬家就是因为一场丛林大火。 kekenet
That also helps explain why a runaway oil well on the seabed in the Gulf of Mexico is a massive calamity, with crews struggling to stop the gushing crude.
这同时也帮助解释了为什么墨西哥湾海床上泄漏原油的油井被称为巨大的灾难，多个抢险队在试图阻止油污喷涌时都无果而终。 yeeyan
This is not a calamity it is easy to plan for.
这不比应对一场灾难而做的计划更轻松。 ecocn
This would be a calamity for European banks.
这些对欧洲银行来说将是一个灾难。 yeeyan |