calamity

[kəˈlæməti]
  • 释义

  • 灾祸，灾难;不幸之事;困苦;不幸;

  • 词义辨析
  • calamity, catastrophe, disaster
  • 这三个词都可指不幸的灾难。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。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    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》
  • 2、

    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
  • 3、

    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》
  • 4、

    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》
  • 5、

    They have issued the calamity - stricken people with food.

    他们把食品发给灾民.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 6、

    Calamity occurs in successive years.

    灾祸连年.

    《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 7、

    It could only end in calamity.

    它只会落得个灾难性的下场。

    辞典例句
  • 8、

    War is a frightful calamity.

    战争是可怕的灾难.

    辞典例句
  • 9、

    Calamity is man's true touch stone.

    灾祸是吾人真正的试金石.

    辞典例句
  • 10、

    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》
  • 11、

    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》
  • 12、

    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
  • 13、

    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
  • 14、

    His becoming blind was a great calamity.

    他双目失明是巨大的不幸.

    辞典例句
  • 15、

    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
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