calamities
基本解释
- n.灾难;不幸事件
词源解说
- 15世纪初期进入英语,直接源自中古法语的calamite,意为灾难。
英汉例句
- Calamity stalks in that country.
灾难在那个国家蔓延。 - I am afraid my report for the past year is not a very cheerful one,it is the story of one calamity on the back of another.
恐怕我关于去年的报告不令人愉快,那是一个接一个的灾难故事。
用作名词 (n.)
~+ prep. -phrase
词组短语
- avert a calamity 避免灾难
- cause calamity 酿成灾害
- evade calamity 避开灾难,祛灾
- flee from a calamity 逃难
- suffer a calamity 遭受灾难