calamities

英 [kəˈlæmɪtiz]

美 [kəˈlæmətiz]

n.  灾难; 灾祸
calamity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 灾难;灾祸; 祸患
  Acalamityis an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
  1. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age...
     他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
  2. ...the calamity of war...
     兵燹战祸
  3. It could only end in calamity.
     它只会落得个灾难性的下场。

双语例句

• But, I do not intend to address all the challenges and calamities in this message.
  但我没有打算在这里去宣讲这种种的挑战与灾难。
• The calamities in Shenyang urban includes the nature calamity and social ( artificial) calamity, the calamities could be divided in to the dominant calamity and recessive calamity.
  沈阳城市灾害包括自然灾害和社会灾害，显性灾害和隐性灾害。
• To make preparations for disaster relief; in cases of natural calamities and emergencies, to offer relief and assistance to the sick, the injured and other victims;
  （一）开展救灾的准备工作；在自然灾害和突发事件中，对伤病人员和其他受害者进行救助；
• The meteorological satellite system has brought increased accuracy to weather forecasting, substantially reducing economic losses due to natural calamities;
  卫星气象系统提高了天气预报的准确率，大幅度减少了由于自然灾害造成的经济损失；
• We must be prepared against natural calamities.
  我们要做好准备，以防自然灾害。
• I fear most of man-made calamities, concerning natural disasters I'm not so concerned.
  我最怕的是人为的灾难，而对于自然的灾害我并不那么担心。
• Well, roughly speaking, F.P.A. covers total loss resulting from both natural calamities and accidents, and partial loss caused by accidents.
  大体上说，平安险包括自然灾害和意外事故造成的全部损失和意外事故造成的部分损失。
• But if they leave policy loose too long, the risks of different calamities mount.
  但如果让宽松政策持续过长时间，发生另一种灾难的风险将会上升。
• That calamities fall upon societies such as ours, often without warning.
  灾难常常不提前预警就降临到我们的社会。
• They will also be insured against natural calamities for ten years.
  它们还将获得十年的自然灾害保险。