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

• 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。
• We must be prepared against natural calamities.
  我们要做好准备，以防自然灾害。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are incidents all over the world that cannot be avoided tragedy's, accidents, deaths, calamities and war.
  世界上有很多事件不可避免地成为悲剧，事故，死亡，灾祸和战争。
• We must band ourselves against natural calamities despite the disputes on the working plan.
  尽管我们对工作计划存在着分歧，但我们应该联合起来与自然灾害作斗争。
• He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
  预见灾难的人承受了它们两次。
• The calamities in Shenyang urban includes the nature calamity and social ( artificial) calamity, the calamities could be divided in to the dominant calamity and recessive calamity.
  沈阳城市灾害包括自然灾害和社会灾害，显性灾害和隐性灾害。
• Suffered a series of calamities.
  他们遭受了一连串的灾难。