catastrophes
英 [kəˈtæstrəfiz]
美 [kəˈtæstrəfiz]
n. 灾难; 灾祸; 横祸; 不幸事件; 困难
catastrophe的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 重大灾难;灾祸;横祸
Acatastropheis an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.- From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe...
不管从哪方面说,战争都将是场灾难。 - If the world is to avoid environmental catastrophe, advanced economies must undergo a profound transition.
世界若要想避免环境灾难,经济发达的国家必须进行深刻变革。
- From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe...
双语例句
- Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages.
植物的病害、于旱、荒芜和绝望是那个时代常发生的灾难。 - Periodic local catastrophes reduce populations.
周期性的局部地区的灾变降低了种群的数量。 - Therefore, we can not rule out such catastrophes during our lifetimes.
因此,我们不能排除这样的灾难在我们有生之年实现这一目标。 - And preparing for potential catastrophes is part the new normal.
因此,为潜在的大灾难做好准备,正是这种“新常态”的一部分。 - Had he lost his power of scenting out catastrophes?
对灾难他已失去嗅觉了吗? - It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, and age that kill us; it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.
不是灾难,谋杀,死亡,疾病和年龄是人们不能存活;而是人们看你,笑你,和走上汽车的方式是我们无法存活。 - Natural disasters are the common enemy for human kind, and only joint international efforts could overcome these catastrophes.
自然灾害是人类共同的敌人,国际社会只有和衷共济,才能战胜灾难。 - ( v) natural catastrophes such as earthquake, hurricane, typhoon or volcanic activity.
自然灾害,如地震、飓风、台风、或火山活动。 - But we managed to preserve all this through the catastrophes.
但我们成功地在灾难中保全了这一切。 - Alongside these catastrophes are many smaller disasters.
伴随着这些重大灾难的,还有许多规模小一些的灾难。