- An earthquake, an oil spill, an economic collapse, a party with inedible food and truly awful music: Each of these could be described as a disaster, a cataclysmic event causing extreme suffering, even total destruction.
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- n. 灾难，灾祸；不幸
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1. an air disaster
空难
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2. environmental disasters
环境灾难
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3. Thousands died in the disaster.
数千人在这场灾祸中丧生。
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4. Disaster struck when the wheel came off.
车轮脱落，灾难就来了。
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5. financial disaster
严重的财政危机
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6. As a teacher, he's a disaster.
他当老师压根儿就不称职。
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7. The play's first night was a total disaster.
这出戏头一晚就彻底演砸了。
- disaster (n.) 1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro "ill-starred," from dis-, here merely pejorative (see dis-) + astro "star, planet," from Latin astrum, from Greek astron "star" (from PIE root *ster- (2) "star"). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet.
dis·as·ter ★ / dɪˈzɑːstə(r) ; NAmE dɪˈzæstər / noun 1 ★ [countable ] an unexpected event, such as a very bad accident, a flood or a fire, that kills a lot of people or causes a lot of damage 灾难；灾祸；灾害 SYN catastrophe ◆ an air disaster 空难 ◆ environmental disasters 环境灾难 ◆ Thousands died in the disaster. 数千人在这场灾祸中丧生。 ◆ a natural disaster (= one that is caused by nature) 自然灾害 2 ★ [countable , uncountable ] a very bad situation that causes problems 不幸；祸患 ◆ Losing your job doesn't have to be such a disaster. 丢了工作不一定就是大难临头。 ◆ Disaster struckwhen the wheel came off. 车轮脱落，灾难就来了。 ◆ financial disaster 严重的财政危机 ◆ Letting her organize the party is a recipe for disaster (= something that is likely to go badly wrong). 让她来组织这次聚会非坏事不可。 3 ★ [countable , uncountable ] ( informal) a complete failure 彻底失败的人（或事） ◆ As a teacher, he's a disaster. 他当老师压根儿就不称职。 ◆ The play's first night was a total disaster. 这出戏头一晚就彻底演砸了。 IDIOMsee wait v. disaster disasters dis·as·ter / dɪˈzɑːstə(r) ; NAmE dɪˈzæstər /
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