calamities是什么意思？

calamities

• n. 灾祸，灾难( calamity的名词复数 )，不幸之事；

例句

• One moment's false security can bring a century of calamities. 图一时之苟安,贻百年之大患.
• They will only triumph by persevering in their struggle against natural calamities. 他们只有坚持与自然灾害搏斗,才能取得胜利.
• He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities. 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... 他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  灾难;灾祸; 祸患
  A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
  例句
  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 calamity of war... 兵燹战祸