calamity
calamity 英 [kəˈlæməti] 美 [kəˈlæmɪti]
n. 灾难；不幸事件
名词复数:calamities
- Use the word calamity to describe an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery: the calamity of war.
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- n. 灾难；不幸事件
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1. After more than a hundred years of anti-imperialist, anti-feudal struggle, the calamity-ridden Chinese nation at last stood up.
经过一百多年的反帝反封建斗争，灾难深重的中华民族终于站起来了。
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2. "If not checked, this could lead to a national calamity, " he said.
“如果不加以遏止，这会导致一场全国性的灾难。” 他说。
- calamity (n.) early 15c., "damage, state of adversity;" 1550s, "a great misfortune or cause of misery," from Old French calamite (14c.), from Latin calamitatem (nominative calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," a word of obscure origin.
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