disaster

英 [dɪ'zɑːstə(r)] 美 [dɪ'zæstər]

• n. 灾难

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]灾难,灾祸

   sth very bad that happens and that may hurt a lot of people

2. [C][U]彻底的失败

   complete failure

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 灾害，灾难，天灾，灾祸，祸患
2. 不幸，倒霉
3. 事故，祸事，惨案
4. <口>彻底的失败，惨败
5. 灾难性损失
6. 糟糕，一团糟
7. 彻底失败的人

v. 动词

1. 带来灾难，毁坏

英英释义

Noun:

1. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune;

   "lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system"
   "his policies were a disaster"
   

2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

   "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
   "the earthquake was a disaster"
   

3. an act that has disastrous consequences

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They had led the country into economic disaster.
   他们把国家带入了经济灾难中。
2. The disaster caused him to waver in his faith.
   这件灾难使他对信仰发生了动摇。
3. He spoke darkly of possible future disaster.
   他悲观地说将来可能大难临头。
4. We are all pervaded with a sense of disaster.
   我们普遍有大祸降临的感觉。
5. Nothing but disaster would come from such a plan.
   此一计划除了导致失败而外将一无所获。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She was in Mexico City when the disaster happened.
   灾难发生时她在墨西哥城。
2. They kept a record of earthquake disasters.
   他们记录了地震的经过。
3. The party was an absolute disaster.
   那次聚会搞得一塌糊涂。
4. His career is a story of utter disaster.
   他在事业上一事无成。

经典引文

• Disaster always brought out the best in Churchill.

  出自： D. Fraser

• The Houghton Main colliery disaster in which five miners died.

  出自：Daily Telegraph

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• avert disaster 避开灾祸
• court〔invite〕 disaster 招致灾祸
• suffer disaster 遭受灾祸

形容词+～

• dire disaster 可怕的灾祸

～+介词

• disaster for〔to〕 … 的灾祸

词义辨析

n. (名词)

disaster, calamity, catastrophe

• 这三个词均可指不幸的灾难。disaster指人为的或自然的灾祸; calamity指造成的灾祸比disaster更大; catastrophe指造成的损失无法补偿。

disaster，calamity，catastrophe，misfortune

• 这些名词均表示“灾难”或“不幸”之意。
• disaster普通用词，指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
• calamity多指个人的不幸，比disaster严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
• catastrophe语气最强，指可怕的灾难，强调最终的结局。
• misfortune多指较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自意大利语的disastro，意为灾难，天灾。

近反义词

【近义词】

• calamity