calamities

英 [kəˈlæmɪtiz]

美 [kəˈlæmətiz]

n.  灾难; 灾祸
calamity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 灾难;灾祸; 祸患
  Acalamityis an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
  1. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age...
     他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
  2. ...the calamity of war...
     兵燹战祸
  3. It could only end in calamity.
     它只会落得个灾难性的下场。

双语例句

• Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
  灾难有两种：一种对我们是不幸的，另一种对其他人是幸运的。
• Do you mean that even the world's calamities and disasters are, at some level, created by us so that we can "experience the opposite of Who We Are"?
  你的意思是，在某些层面，甚至世界上的灾难和不幸，也都是我们自己创造的，因为我们要“经验我们真正是谁的另一面”？
• Therefore, a deep ponder should be given to the natural calamities.
  自然灾害也给我们留下了深深的思考。
• But if they leave policy loose too long, the risks of different calamities mount.
  但如果让宽松政策持续过长时间，发生另一种灾难的风险将会上升。
• I fear most of man-made calamities, concerning natural disasters I'm not so concerned.
  我最怕的是人为的灾难，而对于自然的灾害我并不那么担心。
• For some unaccountable reason, these were not vast calamities.
  也不知由于什么原因，原来这些并不是大灾难啊。
• But2011 has already witnessed a cascade of global crises and calamities that have placed unprecedented demands on the international community and its resources.
  但是在2011年我们已经目睹了一连串的全球危机和灾难，这对国际社会及其资源提出了前所未有的要求。
• They will only triumph by persevering in their struggle against natural calamities.
  他们只有坚持与自然灾害搏斗，才能取得胜利。
• The meteorological satellite system has brought increased accuracy to weather forecasting, substantially reducing economic losses due to natural calamities;
  卫星气象系统提高了天气预报的准确率，大幅度减少了由于自然灾害造成的经济损失；
• He conjectured that some individuals may be able to detect major calamities
  他猜测说有些人也许能够察觉重大灾难。