calamity

calamity音标

英 [kəˈlæməti]

美 [kəˈlæmɪti]

calamity基本释义

n.灾难；不幸事件

calamity用法及例句

n.(名词)

灾难

不幸

灾祸

苦难

灾害

困苦

大祸临头

无妄之灾

浩劫

劫数

不测事件

大祸

大灾害

不幸事件

n.(名词)

[C][U]灾祸，灾难 accident；disaster

calamity的近义词

noun

1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

e.g. the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamitythe earthquake was a disaster

Synonym: catastrophedisastertragedycataclysm

1. 灾难;灾祸; 祸患A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.

e.g. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age...他称**是这个时代*大的祸害。e.g. ...the calamity of war...兵燹战祸

1.

1. 灾害,不幸事件：disaster 灾难,不幸(语气较弱) | calamity 灾害,不幸事件 | nature calamity 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

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作名词(n.)

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*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。

用作名词 (n.)

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

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*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

war calamity战祸

water calamity水灾

50 people were killed in the calamity 50人在那场灾难中丧生

the calamity of war战祸（或兵燹）

a real calamity to the nation对民族的一大灾难

So full is the world of calamity, that every source of pleasure is polluted.

出自：S. Johnson

词义讲解

词源解说

n.(名词)

calamity, catastrophe, disaster

这三个词均可指不幸的灾难。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。

☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古法语的calamite，意为灾难。

近义词

反义词

临近词

tragedy

disaster

catastrophe

accident

triumph

blessing

good luck

calamity prophet

calamity risk

calamity shouter

calamity relief

Calais

calamity science

calamity howling

calamity warning

calamity control

calamity source

calc

calamity howler

相关列句

But even if the odds of calamity are small, why gamble?(虽然造成灾难的可能性很小，可是为什么要去冒险呢？)

But for new ACTS it is a calamity.(但是对于新艺人来讲这可是一个灾难。)

Mental health in the aftermath of a calamity(不幸事件后果涉及的精神健康问题)

"If not checked, this could lead to a national calamity," he said.(“如果不加以遏止，这会导致一场全国性的灾难。”他说。)

But a calamity on this scale creates certain business opportunities.(但是此等规模的灾难还是创造了一定的商业机会。)

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.(这些无人帮助的，毁坏我的道，加增我的灾。)

And the stimulus might prevent a total calamity, they say.(并且他们表示刺激计划能组织一个全面的灾难的发生。)

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.(我遭遇灾难的日子，他们来攻击我。但耶和华是我的倚靠。)

Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.(再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。)

His proposal is to start by using solar systems with associated batteries to do much of the work that diesel generators do in post-calamity situations.(他建议在后灾害状况下，首先用附加电池的太阳能系统去承担本应由柴油发电机完成的许多工作。)