- calamity
- n. [kə'læməti] ( calamities )
- 双解释义
- C U 灾祸，灾难 accident；disaster
- 词汇搭配
- 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
- 句型例句
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.-phrase
I 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。
- 词语辨异
calamity, catastrophe, disaster
参见disaster条。
- 补充资料
［派生词］ calamitious adj. 受灾的，灾难的
［同义词］ catastrophe,disaster,tragedy,accident
［反义词］ blessing,good luck,triumph
［词源］ ＜希腊语katastrophe(翻倒)
