名 disaster，calamity，personal misfortune，adversity ；

[例句] 他们加固河堤让村子免受洪水之灾. By strengthening the embankments they secured the village from floods.

[例句] 这孩子老给父母招灾惹祸. This child is always making trouble for his parents.

fire (as a disaster)，conflagration ；

[例句] 这些火灾很可能会彻底毁掉这片土地上的森林。 The fires are likely to permanently deforest the land.

[例句] 空气中弥漫着火灾产生的刺鼻浓烟。 The air is thick with acrid smoke from the fires.

disaster，calamity，catastrophe，rout，adversity ；

[例句] 战争是这个世界上人们不愿见其发生但又无法避免的灾祸 吗 ? Is war a necessary evil in this world?

[例句] 灾祸临头. A great disaster is befalling.

suffering，calamity，disaster，catastrophe，bale；

[例句] 他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。 He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities.

[例句] 总统将这场灾难说成是天灾。 The President described the disaster as an act of God.

flood，inundation ；

[例句] 水灾和饥荒这一类灾难 disasters such as floods and famine

[例句] 水灾是那场大雨造成的. The reason for the flood was that heavy rain.

catastrophe，cataclysm ；

[例句] 周期性的局部地区的灾变降低了种群的数量. Periodic local catastrophes reduce populations.

[例句] 最著名的灾变论的对立理论就是渐变论. The most popular alternative to catastrophism is the gradualistic approach.

damage，disaster，fatality，calamity ；

drought，dry damage ；

[例句] 专家们认为即将发生的旱灾将侵袭大片地区。 Experts believe that the coming drought will be extensive.

[例句] 旱灾已严重影响了农业生产。 The drought has severely disrupted agricultural production.

natural disaster [calamity]，act of God，visitation of Providence ；

[例句] 总统将这场灾难说成是天灾。 The President described the disaster as an act of God.

[例句] 当时人们还曾迷信地认为,它的一出现就会有天灾. At that time it was believed that its appearance foretold disaster.

suffering，calamity，disaster ；

[例句] 我击杀埃及地头生的时候,灾殃必不临到你们身上灭你们. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

[例句] 16摩押的灾殃临近.她的苦难速速来到. The calamity of Moab is near to come , and his affliction hasteth fast.

bane，bad luck，disaster ；

[例句] 我看这辆汽车是灾星。 I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.

[例句] 不用怎么提示农场主们就会告诉你，“该死的养狗人”是他们生活的灾星。 Farmers don't need much prompting to tell you that "flaming dog owners" are the scourge of their lives.

catastrophic ；

[例句] 那起事故仿佛是过去灾难的重现。 The accident has echoes of past disasters.

[例句] 你对发生灾难的原因有何评论？ Have you any comment to make about the cause of the disaster?

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[例句] 幸运地,我们这些珍贵的记录从火灾中抢救了出来. Luckily our precious records were saved from the fire.

[例句] 她从火灾中救出了孩子们,为此我给予她奖赏. I gave her a reward for saving the children from the fire.

cataclysm theory，catastrophism，theory of catastrophe ；

balefully，calamitously ；

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