disaster area

英 [dɪˈzɑːstər eəriə]

美 [dɪˈzæstər eriə]

n.  灾区; 问题成堆的地方; 灾难性局面

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 灾区
  a place where a disaster has happened and which needs special help
• 问题成堆的地方；灾难性局面
  a place or situation that has a lot of problems, is a failure, or is badly organized

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (遭受诸如地震、洪水等侵袭而受灾严重的)灾区
  Adisaster areais a part of a country or the world which has been very seriously affected by a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood.
  1. The region has been declared a disaster area.
     这个地区被宣布为灾区。
• N-COUNT 极度混乱的地方;多灾多难的人;一团糟的状态
  If you describe a place, person, or situation asa disaster area, you mean that they are in a state of great disorder or failure.
  1. His office was a disaster area of papers and full ashtrays...
     他的办公室一片狼藉，文件成堆，烟灰满缸。
  2. He's a nice old rascal but a disaster area as a politician.
     他是个不错的老家伙，但是作为一个政治家就太差劲了。

英英释义

noun

• a region whose population is affected by a general disaster

双语例句

• He said people in the disaster area were worse off than him because their lives were threatened.
  他说，灾区的人民所受的灾难远远超过了他，因为他们的生命正受到威胁。
• Federal officials had declared all counties at Alabama at drought disaster area.
  联邦官员已经把阿拉巴马受灾地区全部备案了。
• The large earthquake cut all communication to the disaster area, hampering official attempts to determine the real situation.
  地震使受灾区所有通讯断绝，阻碍了官方对真实情况的了解。
• Now the people are hard rebuilding their homeland in the disaster area.
  现在人民正在灾区努力重建家园。
• Immediately after the earthquake, the Propaganda Department instinctively banned news organizations from traveling to the disaster area.
  地震发生后，宣传部立刻本能地禁止新闻机构前往灾区。
• The west belongs to the heavy disaster area in our country, where man-made disasters are relatively serious.
  西部属于我国重灾区，而且，人为灾害相当严重。
• To date we have no news from the disaster area.
  迄今为止，我们没有得到来自受灾地区的任何消息。
• Sends to a concern for the disaster area people and warm!
  为灾区人民送去一份关怀和温暖！
• Work Progress of Measles Control in Mianyang Earthquake Disaster Area in 2008
  2008年绵阳地震灾区麻疹控制工作分析
• He's a nice old rascal but a disaster area as a politician.
  他是个不错的老家伙，但是作为一个政治家就太差劲了。