n.(名词)

1. 灾难
2. 不幸
3. 灾祸
4. 苦难
5. 灾害
6. 困苦
7. 大祸临头
8. 无妄之灾
9. 浩劫
10. 劫数
11. 不测事件
12. 大祸
13. 大灾害
14. 不幸事件

n.(名词)

1. [C][U]灾祸，灾难 accident；disaster

Noun:

1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

   "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
   "the earthquake was a disaster"
   

1.灾难;灾祸; 祸患
Acalamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.

e.g. He described drugs as the greatestcalamity of the age...
他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
e.g. ...thecalamity of war...
兵燹战祸

1.

1. 灾害,不幸事件：disaster 灾难,不幸(语气较弱) |calamity 灾害,不幸事件 | naturecalamity 自然灾害

2. 灾害：calamity science 灾害学 |calamity 灾害 | calcium carbide 炭化钙

3. 灾祸：buckle 变形,坍塌 |calamity 灾祸 | canyon 峡谷

The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.

最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。

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。

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 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.

The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.

最近南方的洪水是一场灾难.

They have issued the calamity - stricken people with food.

他们把食品发给灾民.

calamity occurs in successive years.

灾祸连年.

Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.

再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们.

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.

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.

It could only end in calamity.

它只会落得个灾难性的下场。

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.

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.

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

这是防止住生命中灾难的办法.

His becoming blind was a great calamity.

他双目失明是巨大的不幸.

War is a frightful calamity.

战争是可怕的灾难.

calamity is man's true touch stone.

灾祸是吾人真正的试金石.

1. calamity stalks in that country.
   灾难在那个国家蔓延。
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。
3. 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。
4. It will be a calamity if I fail my exam.
   这次考试如果通不过我就惨了。
5. They kept a record of earthquake calamity.
   他们记录地震所发生的灾祸。

～+ prep. -phrase

1. I am afraid my report for the past year is not a very cheerful one,it is the story of one calamity on the back of another.
   恐怕我关于去年的报告不令人愉快,那是一个接一个的灾难故事。
2. 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。
3. The spring floods were a great calamity to the farmers whose crops and homes were ruined.
   这场春季洪水对那些房屋和庄稼被毁的农民来说是一场大灾难。
4. The loss of the ship was a calamity to the navy.
   该船的沉没为海军的一大不幸。

动词+～

• calamity">avert a calamity避免灾难
• calamity">cause calamity酿成灾害
• calamity">evade calamity避开灾难，祛灾
• calamity">flee from a calamity逃难
• calamity">suffer a calamity遭受灾难
• calamity">survive a calamity幸免于难
• calamity">ward off a calamity避开灾难
• calamity%20to%20the%20country%20and%20the%20people">bring calamity to the country and the people祸国殃民

形容词+～

• calamity">appalling calamity骇人听闻的灾难
• calamity">crushing calamity毁灭性的灾难
• calamity">dire calamity可怕的灾难
• calamity">greatest calamity最大的不幸
• calamity">individual calamity个人的不幸
• calamity">national calamity国难
• calamity">natural calamity自然灾难
• calamity">real calamity真正的灾难
• calamity">social calamity社会的灾难
• calamity">unavoidable calamity不可避免的灾难

名词+～

• calamity">war calamity战祸
• calamity">water calamity水灾

介词+～

• calamity%2050">50 people were killed in the calamity 50人在那场灾难中丧生

～+介词

• calamity%20of%20war">the calamity of war战祸（或兵燹）
• calamity%20to%20the%20nation">a real calamity to the nation对民族的一大灾难

• So full is the world of calamity, that every source of pleasure is polluted.

  出自：S. Johnson

n.(名词)

calamity, catastrophe, disaster

这三个词均可指不幸的灾难。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。

disaster，calamity，catastrophe，misfortune

这些名词均表示“灾难”或“不幸”之意。

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多指较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古法语的calamite，意为灾难。