catastrophes

英 [kəˈtæstrəfiz]

美 [kəˈtæstrəfiz]

n.  灾难; 灾祸; 横祸; 不幸事件; 困难
catastrophe的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 重大灾难;灾祸;横祸
  Acatastropheis an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  1. From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe...
     不管从哪方面说，战争都将是场灾难。
  2. If the world is to avoid environmental catastrophe, advanced economies must undergo a profound transition.
     世界若要想避免环境灾难，经济发达的国家必须进行深刻变革。

双语例句

• Such wilful blindness makes me worry what catastrophes we are now cultivating for the years ahead.
  这种视而不见的行为让我担心，今后我们将孕育出什么样的灾难。
• Two of history's worst natural catastrophes occurred in1970.
  1970年发生了历史上最严重两次自然灾害。
• Periodic local catastrophes reduce populations.
  周期性的局部地区的灾变降低了种群的数量。
• Therefore, we can not rule out such catastrophes during our lifetimes.
  因此，我们不能排除这样的灾难在我们有生之年实现这一目标。
• Out of which maladroit delay sprang anxieties, disappointments, shocks, catastrophes, and passing-strange destinies.
  也就在这种糊里糊涂等待的笨拙延宕中，生出了种种焦虑、失望、恐惧、灾难，以及种种短暂的离奇的命运。
• Otherwise, what they did would offend the diving dragon and catastrophes would be inevitable.
  否则为他们的所作所为会得罪潜水龙和灾难将不可避免。
• Our loans offer hedging opportunities to protect borrowers from foreign exchange or interest rate risk and even other risks such as droughts and catastrophes.
  我们的贷款提供对冲选择，减少借款人的利率和汇率风险，甚至干旱和自然灾难等其它风险。
• Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages.
  植物的病害、于旱、荒芜和绝望是那个时代常发生的灾难。
• There are many natural catastrophes occurring in nature.
  自然界里有很多自然灾害发生。
• The job of insurance companies is to guard others against catastrophes, not cause them.
  保险公司的职责是保卫其他人抵御灾难，而不是带来灾难。