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：

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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。

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词形变化：

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词义辨析：

同义:

n.不幸; 苦难

n.灾难; 大祸

同义参见:

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

1. 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。
   

1. 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

■Nobody could have foreseen such a calamity.

这样的灾祸谁也不会预想到。

■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。

■The earthquake was the worst calamity in the country's history.

那次地震是全国有史以来最严重的灾难。

■A hurricane would be a calamity for this low-lying coastal region.

对于这地势很低的海滨地区，飓风将是一场灾难

■His becoming blind was a great calamity.

他双目失明是巨大的不幸。

■The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.

最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。

■A bazaar was held for the benefit of the victims of the natural calamity.

为灾民举办了义卖。

■War is a frightful calamity.

战争是可怕的灾难。

■The natural calamity was quite serious.

这场自然灾害很严重。

■Calamity is man's true touch stone.

灾祸是吾人真正的试金石。

■Few people can bear a calamity with fortitude.

很少有人可以毅然忍受灾祸。

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

这是防止住生命中灾难的办法。

■In calamity any rumor is believed.

难中谣言也当真。

■Causing or involving calamity; disastrous.

灾难的导致或涉及灾难的; 灾难性的

■Calamity is man rs true touchstone.

患难是人的试金石。

■Public calamity be a mighty leveller .

灾难面前，人人平等。

■Calamity is the touchstone of man.

患难见人心

■Calamity is virtue's opportunity.

难中可行善。

■Illicit drugs bring calamity to any country and people.

毒品祸国殃民。

■Fiery stone explodes across the sky, calamity.

石焰惊天呈浩劫。

■They were hit by a natural calamity last year.

他们去年遭灾了。

■I hear about Maosi flees from a calamity.

听说毛四现在躲难着呢。

■Calamity is a man's ture touchstone.

逆境是真正的试金石。

■Calamity is man's true touchstone.

灾难是考验人的试金石。

■Causing or involving calamity;disastrous.

灾难的导致或涉及灾难的;灾难性的

■Calamity is man s true touchstone.

遭受严重的灾难，是人的真正试金石。

■Calamity occurs in successive years.

灾祸连年。

■They charged the calamity to his carelessness.

他们说这场灾祸是他粗心大意引起的。

■Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.

再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。

■One calamity follows on the heels of another.

祸不单行。

■Thrive in calamity and perish in soft living.

生于忧患,死于安乐。

■A great and tragic human calamity!

人类的悲剧!人间的浩劫!

■An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity.

乐观者在灾难中可以看到希望。

■Public calamity is a mighty leveller.

灾难面前，人人平等。

■A calamity was avoided by sheer luck.

一场灾难全凭幸运而被避免了。

■Calamity is man‘s true touchstone.

患难是人的试金石。

■This is your sin and your calamity!

这是您的罪孽和您的灾难！

■An pessimist sees an calamity in every opportunity.

悲观者在机会中见到灾难。

■He is the only surviving of that calamity.

他是那场灾难中唯一的存活者。

■The unprecedented calamity will begin.

空前的灾难即将开始

■There was a natural calamity last year.

去年有灾。

■Oh, calamity, is there no way out?

噢大祸临头了这下可有生路？

■English: Calamity is man's true touchstone.

中文:灾难是人生真正的试金石。

■Calamity is the touchstone of a brave mind.

危难考验勇气;疾风知劲草,患难见人心。

■There will be a dire calamity.

一场可怕的灾祸就要来临。

■Calamity has been my teacher.

前事不忘，后事之师。

■In his family,one calamity treads on the heels of another.

在他的家里，灾难接踵而来。

■Calamity and pri erity are the touchstones of integrity.

不幸与幸运都是正直的试金石。