calamities
基本解釋
- n.災難;不幸事件
詞源解說
- 15世紀初期進入英語,直接源自中古法語的calamite,意為災難。
英漢例句
- Calamity stalks in that country.
災難在那個國家蔓延。 - I am afraid my report for the past year is not a very cheerful one,it is the story of one calamity on the back of another.
恐怕我關于去年的報告不令人愉快,那是一個接一個的災難故事。
用作名詞 (n.)
~+ prep. -phrase
詞組短語
- avert a calamity 避免災難
- cause calamity 釀成災害
- evade calamity 避開災難,祛災
- flee from a calamity 逃難
- suffer a calamity 遭受災難