conflagration
英 [ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃn]
美 [ˌkɑːnfləˈɡreɪʃn]
n. 大火灾; 大火
BNC.20935 / COCA.19480
牛津词典
noun
- 大火灾；大火
a very large fire that destroys a lot of land or buildings
柯林斯词典
- 大火;大火灾
Aconflagrationis a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
英英释义
noun
- a very intense and uncontrolled fire
双语例句
- Credit default swaps are the rocket fuel that turned the subprime mortgage fire into a conflagration.
信用违约互换（cds）是一种火箭燃料，它把次贷之火变成了一场滔天大火。 - Obviously the3 days between the earthquake and the end of the conflagration did not allow for adequate inspections.
显然，从地震开始至火灾熄灭为止的三天内，不允许进行充分的调查。 - Thus a conflagration that begins in Iran could soon spread, taking in Israel, Lebanon and Syria and moving eastwards to the next country in this new crescent of conflict, Iraq.
如此一来，起于伊朗的战火可能会迅速蔓延，烧至以色列、黎巴嫩、叙利亚，乃至向东蔓延至这一新冲突弧线上的下一个国家&伊拉克。 - The fire brigade soon got the conflagration under control.
消防队很快就把火控制住了。 - It is akin to allowing occasional small forest fires to clear the brushwood, rather than extinguishing them and risking a huge conflagration.
这类似于让偶然爆发的小规模森林火灾烧掉那些低矮的灌木丛，而不是将其扑灭，并甘冒酿成大火的风险。 - Some commentators of a more pessimistic outlook, meanwhile, expect to see scientific progress overcome by nuclear conflagration.
而有些拥有较为悲观态度的评论者预测核战争将战胜人类科学进步。 - Simultaneously with the earthquake came the conflagration.
在地震的同时还发生了大火。 - Towards evening the conflagration was got under.
将近黄昏时，火势被控制住了。 - In a big country like China, hundreds of thousands of conflagration cases happens each year, which cause huge losses in terms of life and wealth.
在中国这样的大国里，每年发生的火灾数不胜数，造成了巨大的生命和财产损失。 - A conflagration threatens an explosion in the region that could affect the rest of the world.
一场大范围的冲突可能引爆整个地区，进而殃及世界其他国家。