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

• We must be prepared against natural calamities.
  我们要做好准备，以防自然灾害。
• 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。
• 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。
• But if they leave policy loose too long, the risks of different calamities mount.
  但如果让宽松政策持续过长时间，发生另一种灾难的风险将会上升。
• 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。
• For those two will send sudden destruction upon them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?
  因为他们的灾难必忽然而起。耶和华与君王所施行的毁灭，谁能知道呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
  预见灾难的人承受了它们两次。
• 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。