calamity

[美]/kəˈlæməti/
[英]/kəˈlæməti/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 灾祸, 灾难
词形变化

短语搭配

natural calamity

自然灾害;天灾

例句

bear a calamity with fortitude

毅然忍受灾祸

the journey had led to calamity and ruin.

这次旅行导致了灾难和毁灭。

They have issued the calamity-stricken people with food.

他们把食品发给灾民。

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。

I little knew then that such calamity would summon me hither!.

当时我不知道这样的灾难会召唤我来到这儿!。

natural calamities seemed to be the work of a wrathful deity.

自然灾害似乎是愤怒诸神所为。

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。

A hurricane would be a calamity for this low-lying coastal region.See Synonyms at disaster

对于这地势很低的海滨地区,飓风将是一场灾难参见 disaster

Although of war and natural calamities everywhere asecene of devastation met the eye, you can still differentiate and analyze its hesternal charming and graceful bearing.

虽然岁月已经让这个城池显得满目疮痍了,但仔细看却依然能够辨析出城池昔日辉煌时的风采。

We must band ourselves against natural calamities despite the disputes on the working plan.

尽管我们对工作计划存在着分歧,但我们应该联合起来与自然灾害作斗争。

It is perhaps not too much to say that any calamity the moment it is apprehended by the reason alone loses nearly all its power to disturb and unfix us.

毫不夸张地说,任何灾难,一旦被理性“俘获”,便已然丧失的了扰乱人心之力。

原声例句

This was a calamity too deep for tears.

这场灾难实在太深重了,已经不是眼泪所能表现的了。

来源: Gone with the Wind

A hurricane would be a calamity for this low-lying coastal region.

对于这个地势低洼的沿海地区来说,飓风将是一场灾难。

来源: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Air pollution is another modern calamity that affects large cities and industrial areas.

空气污染是另一个影响到大城市和工业领域的现代灾难。

来源: VOA Standard October 2014 Collection

And why some insurance companies call in their own firefighters to help prevent a calamity.

以及为什么一些保险公司召集自己的消防员来帮助防止灾难。

来源: CNN Listening Compilation August 2013

The president of the Philippines declared a state of national calamity.

菲律宾总统宣布这是一场国家民族面临的灾难。

来源: CNN Listening November 2013 Collection

Unlike the cavemen of yesteryear, today we have the knowledge required to avert a cavity calamity.

就会逐渐减少,和以前的穴居人不一样。

来源: TED-Ed (video version)

When we have these climate calamities, everyone's affected, but women and children are affected in particular.

当我们遇到这些气候灾难时,每个人都会受到影响,但妇女和儿童受到的影响尤其大。

来源: PBS Interview Environmental Series

And speaking " shellfishly" , that would be a calamity.

对于甲壳类动物来说,这简直是一场灾难。

来源: "Minute Earth" Fun Science (Selected Bilingual)

I've never seen this sort of calamity.

我从来没有见过这样的灾难。

来源: NPR News September 2022 Compilation

This crisis was not caused by drought or flood. It is a man-made calamity created by conflict.

这场危机不是由旱灾或水灾引起的,而是冲突制造的人为灾难。

来源: VOA Standard August 2014 Collection

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