calamities
基本解釋
- n.災(zāi)難;不幸事件
詞源解說(shuō)
- 15世紀(jì)初期進(jìn)入英語(yǔ),直接源自中古法語(yǔ)的calamite,意爲(wèi)災(zāi)難。
英漢例句
- Calamity stalks in that country.
災(zāi)難在那個(gè)國(guó)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(guān)於去年的報(bào)告不令人愉快,那是一個(gè)接一個(gè)的災(zāi)難故事。
用作名詞 (n.)
~+ prep. -phrase
詞組短語(yǔ)
- avert a calamity 避免災(zāi)難
- cause calamity 釀成災(zāi)害
- evade calamity 避開(kāi)災(zāi)難,祛災(zāi)
- flee from a calamity 逃難
- suffer a calamity 遭受災(zāi)難