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    • 单词 disaster
    释义
    disaster
    noun[CorU]
    uk
    /dɪˈzɑː.stər/    us
    /dɪˈzæs.tɚ/
    B2
    (aneventthatresultsin)greatharm,damage, ordeath, orseriousdifficulty:
    灾难，大祸
    Aninquirywasorderedinto therecentraildisaster(= aserioustrainaccident).有关方面下令调查最近这起铁路灾难事故。
    It would be a disasterforme if Ilostmyjob.对我而言，如果丢了工作那将是一场灾难。
    This is one of theworstnaturaldisastersevertobefallthearea.这是该地区所经历的最严重的自然灾害之一。
    Heavy andprolongedraincanspelldisasterformanyplants.大量持续的降雨会对很多植物造成巨大的危害。
    Everything was goingsmoothlyuntilsuddenlydisasterstruck.灾难突然降临之前一切进行得都很顺利。
    Inviting James and Ivan todinneron the sameeveningwas arecipefordisaster(=causeda verydifficultsituation)- they alwaysarguewith each other.请詹姆斯和伊凡一起吃晚饭简直就是自找苦吃——他们在一起总是争来争去。
    Synonyms
    calamity
    cataclysmliterary
    catastrophe
    crisis
    emergency
    tragedy
    be a disasterB2informal
    to be veryunsuccessfulorextremelybad:
    非常失败，极为糟糕
    Theeveningwas acompletedisaster.那场晚会糟透了。
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    More examples
    • Thedestructionof therainforestsis anecologicaldisaster.
    • Theplanenarrowlyavoideddisaster when one of theenginescutout ontake-off.
    • Let usprayfor thevictimsof thisterribledisaster.
    • News of the disastershockedthewholeworld.
    • Floods andearthquakesarenaturaldisasters.
    SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
    Accidents and disasters
    • accident
    • accidental
    • accidentally
    • accidentally on purposeidiom
    • an accident waiting to happenidiom
    • calamity
    • cataclysm
    • cataclysmic
    • cataclysmically
    • catastrophe
    • disastrous
    • disastrously
    • dumpster fire
    • emergency
    • forest fire
    • natural disaster
    • non-emergency
    • perfect storm
    • post-accident
    • snafu
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    (Definition ofdisasterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

    disaster| American Dictionary

    disaster
    noun[C/U]
    us
    /dɪˈzæs·tər/
    aneventcausinggreatharm,damage, orsuffering:
    [C/U]financialdisaster
    [U]disasteraid/relief
    [C]Over 100peoplediedin the disaster.
    [C]Thehurricanemay be thecostliestnaturaldisaster in UShistory.
    fig.A disaster is also acompletefailure:
    [C]Our lastdinnerpartywas anabsolutedisaster.
    (Definition ofdisasterfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

    disaster| Business English

    disaster
    noun[CorU]
    uk
    /dɪˈzɑːstər/    us
    asuddeneventthatcausesa lot ofdamage, such as a verybadfire,storm, oraccident:
    Insurancecompaniesoftenchargeextratocoverfloods,earthquakes, or othernaturaldisasters.
    anextremelybadsituationthat candestroya company’splans,success, orabilitytooperate:
    mean/spell disaster for sbAcrashinrealestatepriceswouldmeanfinancialdisaster for thehousinglenders.
    The $7.48billiontakeoverquicklyturnedinto amajordisaster.
    (Definition ofdisasterfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

    Examplesofdisaster

    disaster
    Thus, drought, one of the greatest natural disasters intermittently confronting the nation, was blamed on political conflicts within the royal family.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    They are predictive in that one could use them with hypothetical disasters to predict what the most likely policy and political outcomes will be.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    The states ensured that their peoples were able to regain the property that they regularly lost to natural disasters and to foreign invasion.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    Since the early 1970s, the region seems to have been widely beset by civil wars, political upheavals, famines and other natural disasters.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    Historical studies of major natural disasters offer invaluable insights into a society by revealing long-term themes and continuities.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    A contemporary chronicler opined (in the annal for 1011) that 'all those disasters befell us through bad policy (unraeligdas)'.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    Other scholars have concentrated on individuals or local efforts with a particular emphasis on ballooning firsts or ballooning disasters.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    Catastrophic disasters violate expectations about an efficient and forceful government response and damage agency reputations.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    Before the 1980s, at least, citizens looked to states and localities if they looked to government at all for help with disasters.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    Will we strive to salvage the disaster's 'event-ness', or work to make it 'process-like'?
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    The research agenda is not to look for impending disasters or catastrophes lurking around the corner.
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    The computer itself was about to be indicted for the disasters.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    An extreme example of categorizing landscapes based on health is cities, which are enormously expensive ecological disasters.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    Major disasters, for example, compromise many interdependent systems simultaneously, often including individual lives, social systems, ecological systems, communication systems, and computer systems.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    The study also depicts the clinical disasters that could follow the enthusiastic pursuit of an untried, fashionable idea, notably faradism.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

    Collocationswithdisaster

    disaster

    These are words often used in combination withdisaster.

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    absolute disaster
    So too would cheerfulness and patience in the face ofabsolutedisaster.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    brink of disaster
    As a woman of questionable morals, she seemed to stand by as her family teetered on thebrinkofdisaster.
    From theCambridge English Corpus
    climatic disaster
    This will mean that we fail to achieve our climate policy objectives and result in a climatic disaster.
    FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
    These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
    #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/disaster##
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