disaster

[di'zɑ:stə]

n.灾难

例句与用法：

After the disaster there were many who wanted food and shelter.

这场灾难过後，许多人既没有食物又没有住处。

The disaster caused him to waver in his faith.

这件灾难使他对信仰发生了动摇。

They had led the country into economic disaster.

他们把国家带入了经济灾难中。

词形变化：

名词: disassociation | 动词过去式: disassociated | 动词过去分词: disassociated | 动词现在分词: disassociating | 动词第三人称单数: disassociates |

n.[C][U]

1. 灾害, 灾难, 不幸

We were all shocked by the disaster.

这场灾难使我们所有人大为震惊。

2. 【口】彻底的失败

Our plan ended in disaster.

我们的计划以彻底失败告终。

disaster

名词复数：disasters

词形变化：

名词: disassociation | 动词过去式: disassociated | 动词过去分词: disassociated | 动词现在分词: disassociating | 动词第三人称单数: disassociates |

同义词：

separation | dissociation |

反义词：

association |

词义辨析：

同义:

n.灾害, 灾难, 不幸

同义参见:

disaster[,di'zɑ:stə]n.1.■大不幸，大难，大祸，灾难，灾害，天灾2.■祸患；成事不足败事有余的人3.■4.■彻底(或完全)的失败，惨败；事故，故障5.■彻底(或完全)失败的事情6.■[废语](星向)凶位，凶向近义词calamitycatastrophecataclysma disaster waiting to happen[讽刺语]临头的大灾祸；被忽略的潜在危险(或问题)a walking disaster 或 a disaster on two legs[口语]经常出差错的人；混乱无序的人court(或invite) disaster招致灾难，惹祸walk with disaster与灾祸打交道，招致灾难

1. a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life
   灾难，大祸（如事故或自然灾害）
   159 people died in the disaster.
   有159人在灾难中死去。
   [mass noun]disaster struck within minutes of take-off.
   起飞后几分钟内灾难就发生了。
   ■[as modifier]denoting a genre of films that use natural or accidental catastrophe as the mainspring of plot and setting
   （以自然灾害或意外灾害为主要情节和背景的）灾难片
   a disaster movie.
   一部灾难片。
   ■an event or fact that has unfortunate consequences
   不幸事件；不幸
   a string of personal disasters.
   一连串的个人不幸。
   [mass noun]reduced legal aid could spell financial disaster.
   减少法律援助可能会导致财政祸患。
   ■(informal)a person, act, or thing that is a failure
   (非正式)失败的人（或行为、事件）
   my perm is a total disaster.
   我的烫发彻底失败了。
   

1. late 16th cent.: from Italian disastro 'ill-starred event', from dis- (expressing negation) + astro 'star' (from Latin astrum)
   

disaster

名词 disaster:

a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

同义词：catastrophe

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

同义词：calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm

an act that has disastrous consequences

disaster

■The disaster was seen as a judgement from on high.

这一灾难被视为上天的惩罚。

■The disaster caused him to waver in his faith.

这件灾难使他对信仰发生了动摇。

■They had led the country into economic disaster.

他们把国家带入了经济灾难中。

■We are all pervaded with a sense of disaster.

我们普遍有大祸降临的感觉。

■The church service is a memorial to the disaster victim.

该礼拜仪式是悼念这场灾难中的受害者。

■The smallest deflection of the missile could bring disaster.

导弹有极微小的偏斜也可能酿出大祸。

■The play's first night was a disaster.

这出戏头一晚就演砸了。

■His career is a story of utter disaster.

他在事业上一事无成。

■It seemed like a disaster at the time.

在当时那就像是一场灾难。

■That was the worst airline disaster in history.

那是历史上最严重的空难。

■My cake is a disaster -- it hasn't risen.

我的蛋糕做坏了--面没发起来。

■The Government's present course will only lead to disaster.

政府的现行方针后患无穷。

■It is the simplest signal to make, in time of danger or disaster.

这是在遇到危险或灾难的时候能发出的最简单的信号。

■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。

■These developments forebode disaster.

这些情况预示著要有灾祸。

■He spoke darkly of possible future disaster.

他悲观地说将来可能大难临头。

■The failure of their crops spelt disaster for the peasant farmers.

作物歉收农民就要受灾。

■The terrible disaster has fastened itself on the mind of little Jones.

这场可怕的空难深深地印在小琼斯的脑中。

■We are still absorbing the lessons of this disaster.

我们从这场灾难中仍不断汲取教训。

■After the disaster there were many who wanted food and shelter.

这场灾难过後，许多人既没有食物又没有住处。

■His talks tended to a disaster.

他的谈话引起了一场灾祸。

■Thousands died in the disaster.

数千人死於这场灾祸。

■Into all the depressing details; suffice it to say that the whole affair was an utter disaster.

我不必细说那些让人听了难受的事，只说一句就够了，整件事是个惨祸。

■He court disaster by get mixed up with criminal types.

他因与犯罪分子鬼混而招致灾祸。

■Provision of shelter is their main concern for the disaster victim.

为灾民提供避难处是他们最关切的事。

■His plans are a recipe for (ie are likely to lead to) disaster.

他的计画後患无穷。

■News of the disaster hit the Stock Exchange around noon.

大约中午时分，发生灾祸的消息引起了股票市场的动荡。

■Recklessness invites disaster.

轻率鲁莽会招致灾难。

■His recklessness brought down disaster on the whole family.

他草率行事，使整个家庭遭到了灾难。

■Do you have any particular view on the company's financial disaster?

对该公司的金融灾难您有什么特殊看法吗？

■The situation was out of our hands and the war machine ground on towards disaster.

我们已无法控制局势，战争机器缓缓走向灭亡。

■After the disaster, tests were carried out on the tanker's sister vessels.

那艘油轮遇难後，对同类型的油轮都进行了检验。

■But other farms are less favourably sited, and flooding can sometimes spell disaster for their owners.

但其他农场的位置不那么有利，有时洪水会给农场主带来灾难。

■Much of the responsibility for the disaster was shifted onto him. and this was quite undeserved.

人们把这场灾难的大部分责任推在他身上，这实在是冤枉。

■In the swift current, the boat rocked, water washed into it and disaster threatened.

在急流之中船身晃动，水冲了进来，眼看要发生灾难了。

■Considering the losses in the disaster area, our support was an utterly inadequate measure.

比起灾区的损失，我们的支援不过杯水车薪。

■Survivors of the disaster who lost their relatives are much to be pitied.

灾难中丧失亲人的幸存者很值得同情。

■Foreshadowing evil or disaster; ominous.

不祥的预示罪恶或灾难的; 不祥预兆的

■Bringing death or disaster; fatal.

致命的带来死亡或灾难的; 致命的

■We were all shocked by the disaster.

这场灾难使我们所有人大为震惊。

■This augurs ill for the disaster.

这是灾害的坏兆头。

■We were on the brink of disaster when the rescue team arrived.

当救生队到达时,我们已经处於灾难的边缘。

■He courted disaster by getting mixed up with criminal types.

他因与犯罪分子鬼混而招致灾祸。

■The situation verged on disaster.

形势接近于灾难的边缘。

■Tragedy is a type of literature that involves death, suffering or disaster.

悲剧作品是文学的一种，内容常涉及死亡，不幸和灾难。

■Provision of shelter was their main concern for the disaster victims.

为灾民提供避难处是他们最关切的事。

■We must act now to forestall disaster.

我们现在必须采取行动以防灾难。

■They stood aghast at this unforeseen disaster.

他们被这意外的灾祸吓呆了。

■He was re-elected for his miraculous steerage of the country through an economic disaster.

他奇迹般地引导该国度过了一场经济灾难,因此再度当选。

■Rumours were rife that they had met with a terrible disaster and that all were dead.

说他们遭到大灾难并全都死了的谣言到处流行。