音标:[kә'læmiti] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 灾难, 不幸事件
n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
词型变化:名词复数形式 : calamities
考试类型:[IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
名词100%

calamity的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。
  2. 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.)
  1. Calamity stalks in that country.灾难在那个国家蔓延。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. It will be a calamity if I fail my exam.这次考试如果通不过我就惨了。
  5. They kept a record of earthquake calamity.他们记录地震所发生的灾祸。
~+ prep. -phrase
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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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