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 have done remarkably well in coping with natural calamities.
  他们在战胜自然灾害方面做得极为出色。
• 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。
• That calamities fall upon societies such as ours, often without warning.
  灾难常常不提前预警就降临到我们的社会。
• One moment's false security can bring a century of calamities.
  图一时之苟安，贻百年之大患。
• 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。
• Suffered a series of calamities.
  他们遭受了一连串的灾难。
• 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。
• Well, roughly speaking, F.P.A. covers total loss resulting from both natural calamities and accidents, and partial loss caused by accidents.
  大体上说，平安险包括自然灾害和意外事故造成的全部损失和意外事故造成的部分损失。
• 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。
• He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
  预见灾难的人承受了它们两次。