calamity

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：

名词复数: calamities |

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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。