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英式音标:[kəˈlæmɪtəs]
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概况:

adj. 灾难的,悲惨的;不幸的

词义:

adj.

灾难的,悲惨的;多灾多难;惨重;

英英释义

calamitous[ kə'læmitəs ]

adj.(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

"a calamitous defeat"

同义词:blackdisastrousfatalfateful

用法:

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

A calamitous earthquake broke out here.
这里发生了灾难性的地震。

We are exposed to the most calamitous accidents.
我们遭受着极大的灾难。

Angola is a beautiful, rich yet calamitous country.
安哥拉是个美丽富饶又多灾多难的国家。

The rich world faces a nasty recession but that recession need not be calamitous.
发达国家面临着严重的衰退,但是这种衰退并不必然导致巨大灾难。

权威例句

Cholera: Calamitous Past, Ominous Future

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Planning for Coastal Resilience: Best Practices for Calamitous Times

Two remarkable British summers – ‘perfect’ 1911 and ‘calamitous’ 1912

Two remarkable British summers – ‘perfect’ 1911 and ‘calamitous’ 1912

Can economic, land use and climatic stresses lead to famine, disease, warfare and death? Using Europe's calamitous 14th century as a...
同义词:miserable,evil,catastrophic
同根词:calamity
英语词源:

calamitous (adj.)

1540s, from French calamiteux (16c.), from Latin calamitosus "causing loss, destructive," from calamitas (see calamity). Related: Calamitously; calamitousness.

造句:

1. On top of these calamitous consequences, a failure of the eurozone due to the hesitations in Berlin would place the blame for the ruin of Europe on Germany.

除了这些灾难性的后果之外,如果德国政府的犹豫导致欧元区解体,德国将成为毁掉欧洲的的“罪人”。

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2. The quake struck almost exactly five years since the calamitous Wenchuan quake, a disaster that raised questions about poorly constructed schools that collapsed and killed thousands of students.

此次地震与末日般的汶川地震相隔几乎整整五年。汶川地震引起了对劣质学校建筑的质疑,那些校舍被震倒,造成数千学生丧生。

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3. Disaster teams managed to get a power line onto the site in an effort to reactivate crucial water pumps to cool overheating reactors and prevent a calamitous meltdown.

事故处理小组们努力将一根电力线导入站点使电站内重要的水泵恢复运行,让它冷却过热的反应堆,阻止核反应堆的爆炸。

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4. I saw that my heart was not even nearly full, not even after having taken in and tended to all those calamitous urchins of sorrow and anger and shame;

我看见我的心甚至尚未饱和,甚至在收容那些不幸的哀伤、愤怒与羞愧之后;

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5. Angola is a beautiful, rich yet calamitous country.

安哥拉是个美丽富饶又多灾多难的国家。

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6. Play down the flanks to stop the ball moving across the pitch too much, as interceptions in central midfield can be calamitous.

因为中场的防守可能无效,回收两肋以阻止球过多的横传。

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7. More than any other nation, China suffers from a potentially calamitous variety of natural perils, most particularly floods and typhoon.

中国遭受的潜在自然灾害风险比其它任何国家都多,自然灾害多种多样,其中最显著的就是洪水和台风。

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8. More than any other nation, China suffers from a potentially calamitous variety of natural perils, most particularly floods and typhoon.

中国遭受的潜在自然灾害风险比其它任何国家都多,自然灾害多种多样,其中最显著的就是洪水和台风。

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9. Thus the entire remaining refuse of the renowned joke was emptied upon a single head, and with calamitous effect.

于是那场著名闹剧的残羹剩饭就一古脑儿泼在了一个人头上,随之而来的则是灾难性后果。

-- 来源 -- 英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡 - baihuailehadelaibaoderen

10. Light reveals the subtle alteration of things, the sly or calamitous impermanence or mortal life.

事物的细微变动,人生的狡猾,倏忽无常,一一都在光中显露出来。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

11. A calamitous event.

灾祸灾难性的事件

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

12. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event.

霉运的打击;不幸的事件。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

13. We are exposed to the most calamitous accidents.

我们遭受着极大的灾难。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

14. An indication of something important or calamitous about to occur;an omen.

预告,为…的征兆预示着重大事情或灾难性事情即将发生的预兆;预告

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

15. attended with disaster; calamitous.

倒霉的;灾难的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

16. A calamitous event or experience;a grave misfortune.

苦难灾难性的事件或经历;重大的不幸

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

17. the stock market crashed on Black Friday; a calamitous defeat; the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign; such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory- Charles Darwin; it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it- Douglas MacArthur; a fateful error.

股票市场在黑色星期五崩溃了;不幸的惨败;那次战斗是灾难性战争的灾难性终结;这样的教条,如果是真的话,对我的理论会是绝对致命的——查尔斯 达尔文;没有必胜的决心就参加任何战争都是致命的——道格拉斯 麦克阿瑟;致命的错误。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

18. Garcia, a 6-foot-3 Spanish-looking former president, used flowery language to overcome memories of his calamitous 1985-90 presidency, marred by corruption, guerrilla violence, food shortages and hyperinflation.

托莱多的对手加西亚有六英尺三英寸高,是一位有着西班牙人长相的秘鲁前总统。 他在竞选中运用华丽的辞藻试图掩盖他那多灾多难的1985年到1990年的总统任期,在他上次任期内,秘鲁国内充斥了贪污腐败、游击队暴力事件、食物短缺和通货过度膨胀。

-- 来源 -- politics - 汉英

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