calamities

英 [kəˈlæmɪtiz]

美 [kəˈlæmətiz]

n.  灾难; 灾祸
calamity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 灾难;灾祸; 祸患
  Acalamityis an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
  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 calamity of war...
     兵燹战祸
  3. It could only end in calamity.
     它只会落得个灾难性的下场。

双语例句

• Undertake take precautions against natural calamities prevents the another obligation that caustic job is an underwriter actively.
  积极进行防灾防损工作是保险人的又一义务。
• For some unaccountable reason, these were not vast calamities.
  也不知由于什么原因，原来这些并不是大灾难啊。
• But, I do not intend to address all the challenges and calamities in this message.
  但我没有打算在这里去宣讲这种种的挑战与灾难。
• We must band ourselves against natural calamities despite the disputes on the working plan.
  尽管我们对工作计划存在着分歧，但我们应该联合起来与自然灾害作斗争。
• That calamities fall upon societies such as ours, often without warning.
  灾难常常不提前预警就降临到我们的社会。
• He who foresees calamities suffers them twice over.
  预见灾难的人承受了它们两次。
• Do you mean that even the world's calamities and disasters are, at some level, created by us so that we can "experience the opposite of Who We Are"?
  你的意思是，在某些层面，甚至世界上的灾难和不幸，也都是我们自己创造的，因为我们要“经验我们真正是谁的另一面”？
• Unfortunately, the above calamities are real in the world that we all live in today.
  不幸的是，上述的灾难是真正在世界上我们都生活在今天。
• They may have informed you of the terrible calamities that have fallen on our family.
  他们或许已经把我们家发生的可怕的灾难告诉你了。
• Well, roughly speaking, F.P.A. covers total loss resulting from both natural calamities and accidents, and partial loss caused by accidents.
  大体上说，平安险包括自然灾害和意外事故造成的全部损失和意外事故造成的部分损失。