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Collins English-English Dictionary
- disaster [dɪ'zɑːstə]
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1.
n
an occurrence that causes great distress or destruction
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2.
n
a thing, project, etc, that fails or has been ruined
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3.
n
[Etymology]
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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1.
n
an occurrence that causes great distress or destruction
Examples
- We must act now to forestall disaster.
- 我们现在必须采取行动以防灾难。 → act
- an impending disaster
- 临头的灾难 → impend
- to meet disaster
- 受灾 → meet
- There was an immediate response after the disaster.
- 灾情过后的反应很及时。 → immediate
- The hurricane created a total disaster.
- 飓风造成了一场巨大灾难。 → total
- Shares in the company were not traded for two weeks after the disaster.
- 公司股票在灾难过后的两周内是不允许出售的。 → trade
- The community carry on in the face of disaster.
- 即使面对灾难这个社团还是在继续活动。
- We seemed to be heading for disaster until Jack saved the day.
- 就在我们马上就要大难临头的时候，杰克挽救了局势。
- she considered it a disaster
- 她认为这是个灾难 → consider
- to end in tragedy/disaster
- 以悲剧/大祸收尾 → end
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