calamity是什么意思？

calamity

英[kəˈlæməti] 美[kəˈlæmɪti]

• n. 灾祸，灾难，不幸之事，困苦，不幸；

复数：calamities;

例句

• a dire calamity 可怕的灾难
• 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。
• An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 乐观者于一个灾难中看到一个希望，悲观者于一个希望中看到一个灾难。
• Calamity and prosperity are the touchstones of integrity. 不幸与幸运都是正直的试金石.
• Selfishness provokes war. Hatred rouses generations of calamity. 一己的私欲可以引起战端, 一念的仇恨可以祸延子孙.
• Calamity occurs in successive years. 灾祸连年.
• This thesis expounds the causes of geological calamity and region geological calamity forewarning principle. 论述了地质灾害的成因和区域地质灾害预警原理.
• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们.
• The recent flooding in the south was a calamity. 最近南方的洪水是一场灾难.
• 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.

同义词

• n.
  calamity的同义词之：不幸;苦难
  accident, mishap, misfortune,
  calamity的同义词之：灾难;大祸
  catastrophe, disaster, tragedy,
• calamity的同义词之：其他释义
  catastrophe, grief, mishap, nightmare, misadventure, accident, disaster, misfortune, tragedy, cancer,

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词均表示"灾难"或"不幸" 的意思
  disaster：普通用词，指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
  calamity：多指个人的不幸，比disaster严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
  catastrophe：语气最强，指可怕的灾难，强调最终的结局。
  misfortune：普通用词，多批较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。

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

英汉词典释义

• n.
  灾祸, 灾难
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;
  "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity""the earthquake was a disaster"

行业词典

• 法律： 灾害；