中英互译
disaster
英 /dɪˈzɑːstə(r)/美 /dɪˈzæstər/
基本释义
- n.灾难,灾害;祸患,灾难性事物;彻底的失败
复数disasters
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词语例句
灾难,灾害n.
六级四级It was the second air disaster in the region in less than two months.
这是不到两个月内该地区内的第2起空难。
Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book.
他们拥有能够抵御几乎所有灾难的能力,这让他们看起来像是漫画书里的人物。
They'd lost their home and many or all of their possessions through fires, floods, earthquakes, or some other disaster.
他们在火灾、洪水、地震和其他灾难中失去了家园和许多财产,有些人甚至失去了全部财产。
祸患,灾难性事物n.
The government brought itself to the brink of fiscal disaster.
该政府把自己带到了财政灾难的边缘。
- A disaster was narrowly averted.及时防止了一场灾难。来自《牛津词典》
- Warnings of disaster may be overblown.灾难的警告可能是夸张的。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster.悲剧性文学使悲伤和灾难显得尊贵。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- natural disaster自然灾难,自然灾害
- disaster relief赈灾;灾难援助
- disaster prevention防灾
- disaster area灾区
- earthquake disaster地震灾害
- disaster recovery灾难复原
- natural disaster自然灾害;天灾;自然灾难
- disaster film灾难片;灾害片;灾祸片
- Disaster Recovery灾难恢复;灾难性恢复;灾害复原
- Munich air disaster慕尼黑空难
- Hillsborough Disaster希尔斯堡惨案;希尔斯堡球场惨剧;希斯堡惨剧
词语扩展
- disaster/dilemma/collapse/epidemic
- disaster/misfortune/calamity/catastrophe
- disaster普通用词,指大破坏、痛苦或伤亡。
- misfortune普通用词,多批较为严重的不幸,强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
- 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。
词义分布
灾难
65.5%
灾害
28.5%
灾
3%
灾祸
1.3%
祸
0.6%
不幸
0.4%
劫难
0.3%
祸患
0.2%
大祸
0.2%
祸事
0.1%
英英释义
- n.a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
- n.an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- n.an act that has disastrous consequences
- n.a very bad accident or event that may hurt many people
灾难;灾害- It was the second air disaster (= plane crash) that month.这是那个月的第二次空难。
- n.something that is not at all successful
非常糟糕的事;彻底的失败- The party was a total disaster — everyone went home early.这场聚会太失败了——大家都提前回家了。
词源
- disaster来自中世纪法语desastre, 来自意大利语disastro, 来自dis- + astro("star"), 来自拉丁语astrum("star"), 来自古希腊语ἄστρον("star"), 来自原始印欧语*h₂stḗr.
- disaster(灾难):星位不正代表凶兆古人认为星象蕴含了能启示吉凶的信息,所以常常会观察星象,借以卜算吉凶。如果古人发现星星所处的位置不正常,就认为表示凶兆,会有大灾难发生。英语单词及disaster就反映了这种迷信思想。disaster由dis(表否定)+aster(星星)构成,字面意思就是“星位不正常”。由于星位不正常就代表灾祸,所以disaster自然就衍生出了“灾祸”的含义。通过观星来卜算吉凶的方法就叫做astrology。 disaster:[dɪ'zɑːstə] n.灾祸,灾难,不幸 astrology:[ə'strɒlədʒɪ] n.占星术,占星学
- disaster灾难dis-, 不,非,使相反。-aster, 星星,星辰,词源同star, asterisk.即星位不正,在古代占星术中预示着灾难降临。