calamity
英 [kə'læmɪtɪ]
美 [kə'læməti]
- n. 災難；不幸事件
- n. (Calamity)人名；(英)卡拉米蒂
中文詞源
calamity 災難來自calamus, 蘆葦。指不結實，豆腐渣。
英文詞源
- calamity (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French calamite (14c.), from Latin calamitatem (nominative calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," origin obscure. Early etymologists associated it with calamus "straw" (see shawm); but it is perhaps from a lost root preserved in incolumis "uninjured," from PIE *kle-mo-, from base *kel- (1) "to strike, cut" (see holt).
雙語例句
- 1. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.
- 他稱毒品是這個時代最大的禍害。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.
- 上周的霜凍對柑橘種植業是一場大災難.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.
- 事實證明這樁婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
- 最近南方的洪水是一場災難.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.
- 偷襲珍珠港(對美軍來說)是一場毀滅性的災難.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》