Calamity
[kə'læmɪtɪ] or [kə'læməti]
解释:
(noun.) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; 'the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity'; 'the earthquake was a disaster'.
厄玛编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals.
(n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.
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同义词及近义词：
n. Disaster, misfortune, catastrophe, mishap, mischance, reverse, visitation, trial, blow, stroke, trouble, affliction, adversity, distress, hardship, casualty, ill luck, ill fortune.
吉塞尔编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Disaster, misfortune, mishap, catastrophe, misadventure, trouble, visitation,affliction, reverse, blight
ANT:godsend, blessing, boon
编辑:瑞伊
解释:
n. a great misfortune: affliction.—adj. Calam′itous making wretched disastrous.—adv. Calam′itously in a calamitous manner.—n. Calam′itousness the quality of producing distress: distress: misery.
校对:瓦珥
娱乐性解释：
n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves and good fortune to others.
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例句:
- Even before these incursions learning had suffered under the calamity of war. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- The house in Montagu Square was associated with the calamity of her mother's death. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- And when calamity or when disgrace is coming to it, let the Dedlocks listen for my step! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Now may God avert such a calamity! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Little did I then expect the calamity that was in a few moments to overwhelm me, and extinguish in horror and despair all fear of ignominy or death. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- On the next day Laura knew that his death had released her, and that the error and the calamity of her life lay buried in his tomb. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Even Woola seemed to feel the weight of the impending calamity, for he pressed close to Dejah Thoris and to me, whining pitifully. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- No new calamity shall lacerate your sensibilities--sensibilities precious to me as my own. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- A calamity had come upon her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- She wept over her little girl; she looked, she spoke, as if she dreaded the occurrence of some frightful calamity. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- It will be for the first time; it is in a moment of calamity. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I did everything for the beSt. I am not answerable for a deplorable calamity, which it was quite impossible to foresee. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- That would be calamity for her and success for him. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- In the right of her calamity, in the right of her friendlessness, she was mine at last! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The extent of the calamity left Mr. Letterblair white and incapacitated. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Pin-pricks hurt more than cannon balls, and incessant worries are far more painful than great calamities. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- The flood and storms did more harm to continental Europe than to us--giving, as it were, the last blow to the calamities which destroyed it. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Well, there's calamities where we least expect it, whether or no. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Terrible have been the calamities that have befallen your great-grandsire's mighty nation since the fatal day that saw you leave our midst. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- I pray God to strengthen me to bear this and other calamities, and to bless you always. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
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