calamity
英[kə'læməti] 美[kə'læməti]
"the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
"the earthquake was a disaster"
1.灾难;灾祸; 祸患
Acalamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
e.g. He described drugs as the greatestcalamity of the age...
他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
e.g. ...thecalamity of war...
兵燹战祸
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1. 灾害,不幸事件：disaster 灾难,不幸(语气较弱) |calamity 灾害,不幸事件 | naturecalamity 自然灾害
2. 灾害：calamity science 灾害学 |calamity 灾害 | calcium carbide 炭化钙
3. 灾祸：buckle 变形,坍塌 |calamity 灾祸 | canyon 峡谷
The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。
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。
He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.
他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
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 recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
最近南方的洪水是一场灾难.
They have issued the calamity - stricken people with food.
他们把食品发给灾民.
calamity occurs in successive years.
灾祸连年.
Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.
再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们.
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.
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.
It could only end in calamity.
它只会落得个灾难性的下场。
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.
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.
This is the way to keep off every calamity of life.
这是防止住生命中灾难的办法.
His becoming blind was a great calamity.
他双目失明是巨大的不幸.
War is a frightful calamity.
战争是可怕的灾难.
calamity is man's true touch stone.
灾祸是吾人真正的试金石.
So full is the world of calamity, that every source of pleasure is polluted.
出自：S. Johnson