英汉词典

calamities 基本解释

n.

灾祸，灾难( calamity的名词复数 )；不幸之事；

双语释义

n.(名词)[C][U]灾祸，灾难accident；disaster

英英释义

calamity

n.an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"

同义词：catastrophedisastertragedycataclysm

calamities 相关例句

词汇搭配

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

词组短语

natural calamity自然灾害；天灾

双语例句

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。

权威例句

On the Records of Natural Calamities in HANSHU and HOUHANSHU
Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities: The Causes of Mass Extinctions
The Period to Combat Extraordinarily Earthquake Calamities
Analysis of Law and Economics for the Frequent Mining Calamities
Application of Time Series Analysis in Drought Calamities Forecast in Chaoyang
Disasters, Death, and Destruction— Making Sense of Recent Calamities
Recent Magnification of Flood and Drought Calamities in Xinjiang: An Analysis of Anthropogenetic Effects
Pathogenesis and management of peripartum coagulopathic calamities (disseminated intravascular coagulation and amniotic fluid emboli...
From Relief to Reducing the Taxes:Three Cases Showing the Changes of Policy Towards Calamities in the Ming Dynasty
The Public Perception of Risks and the Management of Emergency Measures Taken during Unexpected Calamities