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.- 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。 - 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。
- From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe...
双语例句
- The San Francisco earthquake was one of the worst catastrophes of the century.
旧金山地震是世纪性的灾难之一。 - It can improve future disaster management and help mitigate the effects of these catastrophes.
它可以改善未来的灾害管理,并帮助减轻这些大灾害的影响。 - Catastrophes should not stop human progress, but they should be used to make proper conclusions.
灾难不应该阻滞人类进步,而我们也需要从中学习些正确的结论。 - He called for non-proliferation measures to be taken around the global to avoid such catastrophes.
他号召在全球采取防止核扩散的措施来避免发生类似的大灾难。 - 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。 - They can feel death, earthquakes and other catastrophes in advance.
它们能够提前感知死亡、地震和一些其他的大灾难。 - Other unexpected events, including natural catastrophes, may need emergency fiscal support.
包括自然灾害在内的其它意外事件,可能需要紧急财政支持。 - We are just halfway through this year, but2011 has already delivered an unprecedented cascade of calamities, catastrophes, and humanitarian crises.
今年仅仅过去一半,但2011年却已经发生了大量前所未有的灾难、灾害和人道主义危机。 - But we managed to preserve all this through the catastrophes.
但我们成功地在灾难中保全了这一切。 - Alongside these catastrophes are many smaller disasters.
伴随着这些重大灾难的,还有许多规模小一些的灾难。