calamity
英 [kə'læmɪtɪ]
美[kə'læməti]
- n. 灾难；不幸事件
- n. (Calamity)人名；(英)卡拉米蒂
实用场景例句
- He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.
- 他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
柯林斯例句
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
- 最近南方的洪水是一场灾难.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- They have issued the calamity - stricken people with food.
- 他们把食品发给灾民.
《简明英汉词典》
- Calamity occurs in successive years.
- 灾祸连年.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.
- 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- He gave the money to the victims of a natural calamity in order to crown his father's wish.
- 他把这笔钱捐给灾民,以遂其父的心愿.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It could only end in calamity.
- 它只会落得个灾难性的下场。
辞典例句
- They supposed that some calamity had befallen the Governor.
- 他们心想这位先生一定遇到了什么无妄之灾.
辞典例句
- For me, the July twentieth affair was in every way a calamity.
- 就我来说, 七月二十日事件完全是大祸临头.
辞典例句
- This is the way to keep off every calamity of life.
- 这是防止住生命中灾难的办法.
辞典例句
- His becoming blind was a great calamity.
- 他双目失明是巨大的不幸.
辞典例句
- War is a frightful calamity.
- 战争是可怕的灾难.
辞典例句
- Calamity is man's true touch stone.
- 灾祸是吾人真正的试金石.
辞典例句
同义词辨析
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： 普通用词，多批较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。