Search results for ‘disaster’
English to Chinese Dictionary (1-1 of 1)
- disaster
- [dɪ'zɒːstər]
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- 1. (earthquake,flood etc) 灾难
- 2. (accident,crash etc) 灾祸
- 3. (fiasco) 惨败
- 4. (serious situation) 灾难
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Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 215)
- 灾难
- [zāinàn]
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- 惨败
- [cǎnbài]
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- suffer a disastrous defeat
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- 灾祸
- [zāihuò]
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- 殃
- [yāng]
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calamity; disaster; misfortune
- 2.
bring disaster to
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- 雪灾
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snow disaster; disaster caused by snowstorm
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English Dictionary (1-1 of 1)
- disaster
- [dɪ'zɒːstə]
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- 1. an occurrence that causes great distress or destruction
- 2. a thing, project, etc, that fails or has been ruined
- 3. C16 (originally in the sense: malevolent astral influence): from Italian disastro, from dis- (pejorative) + astro star, from Latin astrum, from Greek astron
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Examples (1-5 of 103)
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We must act now to forestall disaster.
- 我们现在必须采取行动以防灾难。
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an impending disaster
- 临头的灾难
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to meet disaster
- 受灾
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There was an immediate response after the disaster.
- 灾情过后的反应很及时。
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The hurricane created a total disaster.
- 飓风造成了一场巨大灾难。
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