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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And preparing for potential catastrophes is part the new normal.
  因此，为潜在的大灾难做好准备，正是这种“新常态”的一部分。
• Natural disasters are the common enemy for human kind, and only joint international efforts could overcome these catastrophes.
  自然灾害是人类共同的敌人，国际社会只有和衷共济，才能战胜灾难。
• 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。
• Otherwise, what they did would offend the diving dragon and catastrophes would be inevitable.
  否则为他们的所作所为会得罪潜水龙和灾难将不可避免。
• 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。
• It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, and age that kill us; it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.
  不是灾难，谋杀，死亡，疾病和年龄是人们不能存活；而是人们看你，笑你，和走上汽车的方式是我们无法存活。