disaster
英 [dɪˈzɑ:stə(r)] 美 [dɪˈzæstə(r)]

n.

灾难；彻底的失败；不幸；祸患

变形

复数：disasters

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]灾难,灾祸 sth very bad that happens and that may hurt a lot of people
2. [C][U]彻底的失败 complete failure

英英释义

disaster[ ,di'zɑ:stə ]

• n.
  • a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

    "his policies were a disaster"

    同义词：catastrophe

  • an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

    "the earthquake was a disaster"

    同义词：calamitycatastrophetragedycataclysm

  • an act that has disastrous consequences

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• avert disaster避开灾祸
• court〔invite〕 disaster招致灾祸
• suffer disaster遭受灾祸

形容词+～

• dire disaster可怕的灾祸

～+介词

• disaster for〔to〕 …的灾祸

词组短语

natural disaster自然灾难，自然灾害

disaster relief赈灾；灾难援助

disaster prevention防灾

disaster area灾区

earthquake disaster地震灾害

disaster recovery灾难复原

disaster management灾难管理；灾备管理

environmental disaster环境灾难；生态灾害，生态灾难

meteorological disaster气象灾害

disaster preparedness防灾准备状态

recipe for disaster造成灾难的因素

social disaster社会灾祸

disaster recovery plan灾难恢复计划

disaster film灾难片

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

disaster, dilemma, collapse, epidemic

disaster灾难

dilemma窘境，困境

collapse崩溃

epidemic流行病

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. They had led the country into economic disaster.
   他们把国家带入了经济灾难中。
2. The disaster caused him to waver in his faith.
   这件灾难使他对信仰发生了动摇。
3. He spoke darkly of possible future disaster.
   他悲观地说将来可能大难临头。
4. We are all pervaded with a sense of disaster.
   我们普遍有大祸降临的感觉。
5. Nothing but disaster would come from such a plan.
   此一计划除了导致失败而外将一无所获。

权威例句

Natural disaster hotspots: a global risk analysis.
Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal
Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2009—The Numbers and Trends
The Shock Doctrine: The rise of disaster capitalism.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism - By Naomi Klein
60,000 disaster victims speak: Part I. An empirical review of the empirical literature, 1981-2001.
The collapse of sensemaking in organizations: The Mann Gulch disaster.
Community resilience as a metaphor, theory, set of capacities, and strategy for disaster readiness.
‘Community Resilience as Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness’
A prospective study of depression and posttraumatic stress symptoms after a natural disaster: The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake