calamity
英 [kəˈlæməti] 美 [kəˈlæmɪti]

n.

灾祸，灾难；不幸之事；困苦；不幸

变形

复数：calamities

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C][U]灾祸，灾难accident；disaster

英英释义

calamity[ kə'læməti ]

• n.an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

  "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"

  同义词：catastrophedisastertragedycataclysm

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• 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

形容词+～

• 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最大的不幸
• 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

名词+～

• war calamity战祸
• water calamity水灾

介词+～

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

～+介词

• the calamity of war战祸（或兵燹）
• a real calamity to the nation对民族的一大灾难

词组短语

natural calamity自然灾害；天灾

同近义词辨析

disaster, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe

这组词都有“灾难”的意思，其区别是：

disaster普通用词，指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。

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。

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。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
   最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。
2. 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。

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