calamity

[kəˈlæməti]

基础释义

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n.
灾祸，灾难;不幸之事;困苦;不幸;

复数: calamities

更新时间：2024-06-29 01:15:24

词义辨析

calamity, catastrophe, disaster
这三个词都可指不幸的灾难。disaster指人为的或自然的灾祸; calamity指造成的灾祸比disaster更大; catastrophe指造成的损失无法补偿。

速记技巧

谐音记忆法

还可谐音：可怜媒体，可怜媒体遇到了灾难。

词源词根法

【词源解释】calamity←中古法语calamite（灾祸）←拉丁语calamitatem（灾祸）=词组习语Calamity is man's true touchstone（患难见真情）；calamity never comes singly（祸不单行）；When calamity knocks at your door（厄运来临时）=【助记窍门】calamity→克拉玛依city→1994年新疆克拉玛依市大火灾→灾祸

近/反义词

近义词
反义词

知识拓展

词组短语

natural calamity自然灾害；天灾；

同近义词

n.灾难；不幸事件disaster，tragedy，meltdown

双语例句

更多例句

1、

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.
来源：《现代汉英综合大词典》
2、

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.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
3、

He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.

他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
来源：柯林斯词典例句库
4、

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.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
5、

This is the way to keep off every calamity of life.

这是防止住生命中灾难的办法.
来源：辞典例句
6、

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.
来源：辞典例句
7、

Calamity occurs in successive years.

灾祸连年.
来源：《现代汉英综合大词典》
8、

War is a frightful calamity.

战争是可怕的灾难.
来源：辞典例句
9、

His becoming blind was a great calamity.

他双目失明是巨大的不幸.
来源：辞典例句
10、

The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.

最近南方的洪水是一场灾难.
来源：《现代汉英综合大词典》
11、

For me, the July twentieth affair was in every way a calamity.

就我来说, 七月二十日事件完全是大祸临头.
来源：辞典例句
12、

They have issued the calamity-stricken people with food.

他们把食品发给灾民.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
13、

Calamity is man's true touch stone.

灾祸是吾人真正的试金石.
来源：辞典例句
14、

It could only end in calamity.

它只会落得个灾难性的下场。
来源：辞典例句
15、

Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.

再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们.
来源：《现代汉英综合大词典》