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

• 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。
• One moment's false security can bring a century of calamities.
  图一时之苟安，贻百年之大患。
• There are incidents all over the world that cannot be avoided tragedy's, accidents, deaths, calamities and war.
  世界上有很多事件不可避免地成为悲剧，事故，死亡，灾祸和战争。
• 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 who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
  预见灾难的人承受了它们两次。
• They may have informed you of the terrible calamities that have fallen on our family.
  他们或许已经把我们家发生的可怕的灾难告诉你了。
• 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。
• We must band ourselves against natural calamities despite the disputes on the working plan.
  尽管我们对工作计划存在着分歧，但我们应该联合起来与自然灾害作斗争。
• Suffered a series of calamities.
  他们遭受了一连串的灾难。
• Unfortunately, the above calamities are real in the world that we all live in today.
  不幸的是，上述的灾难是真正在世界上我们都生活在今天。