詞匯精選:disaster的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
災(zāi)難;不幸 [C]
例句:
We were all shocked by the disaster.
這場災(zāi)難使我們所有人大為震驚。
例句:
In closed agrarian societies, families need a lot of children as insurance against disaster.
在封閉的農(nóng)業(yè)社會里,家庭需要較多的子女以防不幸。
徹底的失敗 [C]
例句:
British policy in Cyprus was an utter disaster.
英國在塞浦路斯的政策遭到了徹底的失敗。
例句:
Our plan ended in disaster.
我們的計劃以徹底失敗告終。
成事不足敗事有余的人;禍患 [C]
例句:
That would have been a real disaster!
那才是真正的禍患!
(星的)兇向
二、詞義辨析:
disaster,calamity,catastrophe,misfortune
這些名詞均表示“災(zāi)難”或“不幸”之意。 disaster普通用詞,指大破壞、痛苦或傷亡。 calamity多指個人的不幸,比disaster嚴(yán)重,強調(diào)災(zāi)難引起的悲痛以及對于損失的感覺。 catastrophe語氣最強,指可怕的災(zāi)難,強調(diào)最終的結(jié)局。 misfortune普通用詞,多批較為嚴(yán)重的不幸,強調(diào)不幸多由外界因素所致。
三、相關(guān)短語:
disaster area
災(zāi)區(qū)
四、參考例句:
He studies disaster trends.
他在研究災(zāi)害趨勢。
Annual disaster drills are conducted.
每年都有災(zāi)難演習(xí)。
A great disaster is occurring.
災(zāi)禍臨頭。
A typical disaster story: disease, corruption, poverty.
一個典型的災(zāi)難性故事,疾病、腐敗、貧窮。
We must act now to forestall disaster.
我們現(xiàn)在必須采取行動以防災(zāi)難。
It’s really a disaster to us.
對我們來說,這真是個災(zāi)難。
That would have been a real disaster!
那才是真正的禍患!
The disaster could not have been foreseen.
Knowledge of the disaster soon spread.
災(zāi)難的消息很快傳開了。
Haughtiness invites disaster; humility receives benefit.
〔諺〕滿招損,謙受益。
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