calamities

英 [kəˈlæmɪtiz]

美 [kəˈlæmətiz]

n.  灾难; 灾祸
calamity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 灾难;灾祸; 祸患
  Acalamityis an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
  1. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age...
     他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
  2. ...the calamity of war...
     兵燹战祸
  3. It could only end in calamity.
     它只会落得个灾难性的下场。

双语例句

• For some unaccountable reason, these were not vast calamities.
  也不知由于什么原因，原来这些并不是大灾难啊。
• Well, roughly speaking, F.P.A. covers total loss resulting from both natural calamities and accidents, and partial loss caused by accidents.
  大体上说，平安险包括自然灾害和意外事故造成的全部损失和意外事故造成的部分损失。
• Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
  灾难有两种：一种对我们是不幸的，另一种对其他人是幸运的。
• We must band ourselves against natural calamities despite the disputes on the working plan.
  尽管我们对工作计划存在着分歧，但我们应该联合起来与自然灾害作斗争。
• There are incidents all over the world that cannot be avoided tragedy's, accidents, deaths, calamities and war.
  世界上有很多事件不可避免地成为悲剧，事故，死亡，灾祸和战争。
• They will also be insured against natural calamities for ten years.
  它们还将获得十年的自然灾害保险。
• That calamities fall upon societies such as ours, often without warning.
  灾难常常不提前预警就降临到我们的社会。
• Undertake take precautions against natural calamities prevents the another obligation that caustic job is an underwriter actively.
  积极进行防灾防损工作是保险人的又一义务。
• They will only triumph by persevering in their struggle against natural calamities.
  他们只有坚持与自然灾害搏斗，才能取得胜利。
• They have done remarkably well in coping with natural calamities.
  他们在战胜自然灾害方面做得极为出色。