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calamity n.灾难；不幸事件 (1) 最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。(2) 她总是保持警觉以防某种新的灾难。 Near synonyms are catastrophe and disaster. The noun calamity is from Middle English calamytey, from Latin calamitas, a word which might be related to Latin clades "destruction." Calamity Jane was the nickname of a 19th-century woman living on the U.S. frontier. She claimed to have some very exciting adventures.

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英 [kə'læməti] 美 [kə'læməti] (1) The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.(2) She is always on the alert for some new calamity. Use the word calamity to describe an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery: the calamity of war. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]灾难；灾祸；祸患 A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.   [FORMAL 正式]He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age...他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。...the calamity of war...兵燹战祸It could only end in calamity.它只会落得个灾难性的下场。

英语单词	calamity
英美音标	英 [kə'læməti] 美 [kə'læməti]
中文释义	n.灾难；不幸事件
英语例句	(1) The recent flooding in the south was a calamity. (2) She is always on the alert for some new calamity.
中文例句	(1) 最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。 (2) 她总是保持警觉以防某种新的灾难。
vocabulary简明	Use the word calamity to describe an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery: the calamity of war.
vocabulary扩展	Near synonyms are catastrophe and disaster. The noun calamity is from Middle English calamytey, from Latin calamitas, a word which might be related to Latin clades "destruction." Calamity Jane was the nickname of a 19th-century woman living on the U.S. frontier. She claimed to have some very exciting adventures.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]灾难；灾祸；祸患 A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress. [FORMAL 正式] He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age... 他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。 ...the calamity of war... 兵燹战祸 It could only end in calamity. 它只会落得个灾难性的下场。

Calamity Word Event Great Latin 英 Kə'Læməti] 美 Kə'Læməti