calamity
[kə'læmiti]
n. 灾难, 不幸事件
例句与用法:
She is always on the alert for some new calamity.
她总是保持警觉以防某种新的灾难。
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.
偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。
More than 50 people were killed in this calamity.
这次灾难中有五十多人丧生。
词形变化:
名词复数: calamities |
n.[C][U]
1. 灾难; 大祸; 大灾害
The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。
2. (巨大的)不幸; 苦难
His becoming blind was a great calamity.
他双目失明是巨大的不幸。
calamity
名词复数:calamities
词形变化:
名词复数: calamities |
词义辨析:
同义:
n.不幸; 苦难
misfortune
mishap
accident
n.灾难; 大祸
disaster
tragedy
catastrophe
同义参见:
grief
nightmare
cancer
misadventure
calamity[kə'læməti]n.1.■灾难,灾害2.■极大的不幸,深重的苦难近义词disaster变形n.calamities
calamitycalamity[kəˈlæmiti]n.1.■灾难, 祸患, 不幸的事natural -ties自然灾害
继承用法calamitous[kəˈlæmɪtəs]adj.
词性变化calamitouslyadv.calamitousnessn.
参考词汇见disaster;
(pl. -ies)
- an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster
灾祸;灾难
■[mass noun]disaster and distress
灾难;祸患;痛苦;不幸
the journey had led to calamity and ruin.
这次旅行导致了灾难和毁灭。
calamitous
adjective
calamitously
adverb
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'disaster and distress'): from Old French calamite, from Latin calamitas
calamity
名词 calamity:
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
同义词:catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
calamity
■Fortune follows calamity as disgrace follows honour. This has been so from time immemorial. How can men prevent it?
"否极泰来,荣辱自古周而复始,岂人力能可保常的."
■His jaw dropped and he gaped in consternation. Did this mean fresh calamity?
"封肃听了,唬得目瞪口呆,不知有何祸事."
■His strength is famished, And calamity is prepared at his side.
12他的力量必因饥饿衰败,祸患要备妥在他旁边。
■The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
16摩押的灾殃临近。她的苦难速速来到。
■The calamity of Moab is near to coming, And his affliction hastens quickly.
16摩押的灾祸临近,他的苦难速速来到。
■Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.
5戏笑穷人的,是辱没造他的主;幸灾乐祸的,必难免受罚。
■In the wake of the biggest economic calamity in 80 years that reputation has taken a beating.
80年代,随着最大的经济灾难的出现,经济学的声望就已经受到了抨击。
■Officials to hear one word, Liu scared urination or incontinence wet ku dang, I do not know what is coming calamity.
一听到官府二字,刘景升吓得小便失禁淋湿了裤档,不知又有什么大祸降临。
■There will be a dire calamity.
一场可怕的灾祸就要来临。
■A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.
一场灾难全凭幸运而被避免了。
■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。
■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。
■Calamity and pri erity are the touchstones of integrity.
不幸与幸运都是正直的试金石。
■English: Calamity is man's true touchstone.
中文:灾难是人生真正的试金石。
■A bazaar is held for the benefit of the victim of the natural calamity.
为灾民举办了义卖。
■An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity;a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
乐观的人从每次不幸中看到机会;悲观的人从每次机会中看到不幸。
■An optimist sees an opportunity in eery calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in eery opportunity.
乐观的人在灾难中看到希望;悲观的人在希望中看到灾难。
■An optimist see an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist see a calamity in every opportunity.
乐观者从灾难中看到良机,悲观者从良机中看到灾难。
■An optimist sees opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
乐观者在每一场灾难中都看到机遇,悲观者在每个机遇中都看到灾难。
■An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity ,a pessimist a calamity in every opportunity .
乐观者在每场灾难中都能看到希望,悲观者在每次希望中看到灾难。
■An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity.
乐观者在灾难中可以看到希望。
■An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
乐观者在灾难中看到机会,悲观者在机会中看到灾难。
■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。
■To the victims of great calamity, the CUHK community has always been united in its deep sympathy and fast actions.
五月十二日下午,四川省汶川县发生黎克特制七点八级强烈地震,震撼全国。
■Liberalization of international economic system was widely perceived as a way to avoid recurrenceof a similar calamity.
人们广泛地认为,避免重遭类似灾难的一条途径是放宽国际经济体系。
■A man may meet with some great calamity some time or other in his life.
人的一生中迟早都会遇到灾难。
■A great and tragic human calamity!
人类的悲剧!人间的浩劫!
■This year our country produced the infrequent pluvial calamity on the history.
今年我国发生了历史上罕见的洪水灾害。
■He may know what it is to come down in the world, and to be afflicted with a great personal calamity.
他也许知道世路上的蹭蹬,身世的潦倒是什么滋味。
■They were hit by a natural calamity last year.
他们去年遭灾了。
■They have found comfort under calamity, and refuge and hope in affliction.
他们在不幸中找到了安慰,在苦难中找到了庇护和希望。
■They supposed that some calamity had befallen the Governor.
他们心想这位先生一定遇到了什么无妄之灾。
■And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not threaten in vain to bring this calamity on them.
他们必知道我是耶和华;我说要使这灾祸临到他们身上,并非空话。
■They are bad fellows who bring calamity to the country and the people.
他们是祸国殃民的坏家伙。
■They charged the calamity to his carelessness.
他们说这场灾祸是他粗心大意引起的。
■His becoming blind was a great calamity.
他双目失明是巨大的不幸。
■No thoughts for the morrow--he could not stand to think of it any more than he could of any other calamity.
他才不去想什么明天--他一想到明天就受不了,正如他不愿去想别的灾难一样。
■He gave the money to the victims of a natural calamity in order to crown his father's wish.
他把这笔钱捐给灾民, 以遂其父的心愿。
■He is the only surviving of that calamity.
他是那场灾难中唯一的存活者。
■Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.
他的力量必因饥饿衰败;祸患要在他旁边等候。
■We not only should exploit mineral resources well, but also should prevent calamity destroying environmental geology.
以便在合理开发矿产资源的同时,更好地防止对环境的灾害性破坏。
■In order to use free form, imitate calamity setting, make participator more deep to the experience of calamity.
以动漫形式,模拟灾害场景,让参与者对灾害的体验更加深刻。
■His strength is famished , And calamity is ready at his side.
伯18:12他的力量必因饥饿衰败、患要在他旁边等候。
■"His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side.
伯18:12他的力量必因饥饿衰败、祸患要在他旁边等候。
■Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster to those who work iniquity?
伯31:3岂不是祸患临到不义的、害临到作孽的呢。
■A fierce battle started in Soleil, which meant a great calamity of nature started.
但是尖锐的警报声却突然打断了快乐的喧嚣。
■But models that ignored finance had little chance of spotting a calamity that stemmed from it.
但是,忽视金融的模式就不可能发现一个由金融引起的灾难。
■A "Calamity of the Night", otherwise known as a Yaka is a supernatural being in the Sola story.
依人是个喜爱着天空的普通高中一年级学生。
■Thucydides wrote about one such calamity: the Peloponnesian war between Sparta and Athens in the fifth century BC.
修西得底斯(Thucydides)描述了类似的悲剧:公元前5世纪发生在斯巴达和雅典之间的伯罗奔尼撒战争。
■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。