音标：[kəˈlæmitiz] ；

n. 灾祸, 灾难( calamity的名词复数 ); 不幸之事

pl. of Calamity

calamity的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。
She is always on the alert for some new calamity.她总是保持警觉以防某种新的灾难。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

Calamity stalks in that country.灾难在那个国家蔓延。
If we had been careful such a calamity would not have befallen us.假如我们谨慎的话，这种灾难不会降临到我们的头上。
The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.事实证明这桩婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸。
It will be a calamity if I fail my exam.这次考试如果通不过我就惨了。
They kept a record of earthquake calamity.他们记录地震所发生的灾祸。

～+ prep. -phrase

I am afraid my report for the past year is not a very cheerful one,it is the story of one calamity on the back of another.恐怕我关于去年的报告不令人愉快,那是一个接一个的灾难故事。
The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.上周的霜冻对柑橘种植业是一场大灾难。
The spring floods were a great calamity to the farmers whose crops and homes were ruined.这场春季洪水对那些房屋和庄稼被毁的农民来说是一场大灾难。
The loss of the ship was a calamity to the navy.该船的沉没为海军的一大不幸。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

avert a calamity避免灾难
cause calamity酿成灾害
evade calamity避开灾难，祛灾
flee from a calamity逃难
suffer a calamity遭受灾难
survive a calamity幸免于难
ward off a calamity避开灾难
bring calamity to the country and the people祸国殃民

形容词+～

appalling calamity骇人听闻的灾难
crushing calamity毁灭性的灾难
dire calamity可怕的灾难
greatest calamity最大的不幸
individual calamity个人的不幸
national calamity国难
natural calamity自然灾难
real calamity真正的灾难
social calamity社会的灾难
unavoidable calamity不可避免的灾难

名词+～

war calamity战祸
water calamity水灾

介词+～

50 people were killed in the calamity 50人在那场灾难中丧生

～+介词

the calamity of war战祸（或兵燹）
a real calamity to the nation对民族的一大灾难

经典引文

So full is the world of calamity, that every source of pleasure is polluted.
出自：S. Johnson

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