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calamity

英 [kə'læmɪtɪ] 美[kə'læməti]

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近义词accident mishap misfortune

n. 灾难；不幸事件
n. (Calamity)人名；(英)卡拉米蒂

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词态变化

复数: calamities;

中文词源

calamity 灾难

来自calamus, 芦苇。指不结实，豆腐渣。

英文词源

calamity (n.): early 15c., from Middle French calamite (14c.), from Latin calamitatem (nominative calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," origin obscure. Early etymologists associated it with calamus "straw" (see shawm); but it is perhaps from a lost root preserved in incolumis "uninjured," from PIE *kle-mo-, from base *kel- (1) "to strike, cut" (see holt).

双语例句

1. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.: 他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。

2. The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.: 上周的霜冻对柑橘种植业是一场大灾难.

3. The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.: 事实证明这桩婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸.

4. The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.: 最近南方的洪水是一场灾难.

5. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.: 偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难.