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

• 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。
• Once natural and man-made calamities happened, they had to rely on the government's relief.
  今年遭天灾又遇人祸，真是一个凶年。遇上天灾人祸，他们只能靠政府救济。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 also be insured against natural calamities for ten years.
  它们还将获得十年的自然灾害保险。
• 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。
• 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。
• But, I do not intend to address all the challenges and calamities in this message.
  但我没有打算在这里去宣讲这种种的挑战与灾难。