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。
• 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。
• One moment's false security can bring a century of calamities.
  图一时之苟安，贻百年之大患。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We must be prepared against natural calamities.
  我们要做好准备，以防自然灾害。
• 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。