disaster, calamity, catastrophe
这三个词都可指不幸的灾难。disaster指人为的或自然的灾祸; calamity指造成的灾祸比disaster更大; catastrophe指造成的损失无法补偿。
disaster，calamity，catastrophe，misfortune
这些名词均表示“灾难”或“不幸”之意。
disaster普通用词，指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
calamity多指个人的不幸，比disaster严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
catastrophe语气最强，指可怕的灾难，强调最终的结局。
misfortune多指较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
For Sandro, the new year brought disaster.
对桑德罗来说，新的一年带来的是灾难。
——柯林斯例句
It has called the typhoon the worst natural disaster in South Korea in many years.
它称这次台风为韩国多年来最严重的自然灾害。
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A disaster was narrowly averted.
及时防止了一场灾难。
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They ascribed their disaster to an unkind fate.
他们把他们的灾难归于命不好.
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Her appearance at this moment is an omen of disaster.
她在此刻出现预示着一场灾难。
——柯林斯例句
He said anyone giving orders without respecting the wishes of his people is heading for disaster.
他说任何不尊重人民意愿而发号施令的人都注定会走向灭亡。
——柯林斯例句
The President described the disaster as an act of God.
总统将这场灾难说成是天灾。
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An airliner came close to disaster while approaching Heathrow Airport.
一架大型客机在飞近希思罗机场时差点儿发生空难。
——柯林斯例句
Scientists have described the Aral sea as the site of the worst ecological disaster on earth.
科学家把咸海描述成地球上最严重的生态灾难发生地。
——柯林斯例句
Too many golfers try to bash the ball out of sand. That spells disaster.
太多高尔夫球手都想把球从沙子里敲出来，结果酿成了一场灾难。
——柯林斯例句
"This tax is a disaster waiting to happen," said an angry Tory backbencher.
“这项税收将为日后埋下祸根，”一位愤怒的保守党后座议员说道。
——柯林斯例句
The crow croaked disaster.
乌鸦呱呱叫预报灾难.
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Last year's cotton crop was an unmitigated disaster.
去年棉花作物所遭遇的是彻头彻尾的灾难。
——柯林斯例句
He's a nice old rascal but a disaster area as a politician.
他是个不错的老家伙，但是作为一个政治家就太差劲了。
——柯林斯例句
She could now no longer contain herself, and was convinced that some disaster was impending.
她此时按捺不住自己, 料想一定是凶多吉少.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
At the speed and height at which he was moving, he was never more than half a second from disaster.
以这样的速度在这么高的地方移动，他离灾难始终只有半步之遥。
——柯林斯例句
The disaster was seen as a judgement from on high.
这一灾难被视为上天的惩罚.
——《简明英汉词典》
Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster.
空难目击者称，就在灾难发生之前他们看见飞机发生了爆炸。
——柯林斯例句
I think it's a disaster in the making.
我认为这会是一场灾难。
——柯林斯例句
The smallest deflection of the missile could bring disaster.
导弹有极微小的偏斜也可能酿出大祸.
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The accident is already shaping up as a significant environmental disaster.
这次事故已经造成严重的环境灾难。
——柯林斯例句
The government's policy is an open door to disaster.
政府的政策为灾难敞开了大门。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The ecological disaster is partly a product of letting everything rip in order to increase production.
出现生态灾难的部分原因是人们为了增产而不惜一切代价。
——柯林斯例句
This development could spell disaster for the steel industry.
这一发展有可能给钢铁工业带来灾难.
——《简明英汉词典》
Landing in bad weather is a tricky task for any pilot, even the smallest error can lead to disaster.
在恶劣天气的条件下着陆对于任何飞行员都是一项危险的工作, 甚至极小的差错都可能酿成一场灾难.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
Preparedness ensures security ; unpreparedness invites disaster .
有备才能无患,无备必定 吃亏.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
What a terrible disaster!
真是了不得的大祸啊!
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The evening was an unmitigated disaster.
这一晚完全是一场灾难。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
an air disaster
空难
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