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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Deep personal disappointments are responses which are chosen, and worldwide calamities are the result of worldwide consciousness.
  深刻的个人失望是你选择的反应，而世界性的灾难是全世界意识的结果。
• We must be prepared against natural calamities.
  我们要做好准备，以防自然灾害。
• 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。
• 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。
• He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
  预见灾难的人承受了它们两次。
• 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。
• 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。