disaster, calamity, catastrophe, misfortune

名詞 disaster:

1. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
   同義詞：catastrophe
2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
   同義詞：calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm
3. an act that has disastrous consequences

1. After the disaster there were many who wanted food and shelter.
   這場災(zāi)難過後，許多人既沒有食物又沒有住處。
2. The disaster caused him to waver in his faith.
   這件災(zāi)難使他對信仰發(fā)生了動搖。
3. They had led the country into economic disaster.
   他們把國家?guī)肓私?jīng)濟災(zāi)難中。

dis.as.ter

n.（名詞）

An occurrence causing widespread destruction and distress; a catastrophe.
災(zāi)難，大禍：偶發(fā)事件引起大范圍的破壞和痛苦；大災(zāi)難
A grave misfortune.
致命的不幸
Informal A total failure:
【非正式用語】 徹底的失?。?/br>例句：
The dinner party was a disaster.
宴會徹底失敗

Obsolete An evil influence of a star or planet.
【廢語】 恒星或行星邪惡的影響

來源：
French désastre
法語 désastre
from Italian disastro
源自 意大利語 disastro
dis- [pejorative pref.] from Latin dis- * see dis-
dis- [輕蔑語前綴] 源自 拉丁語 dis- *參見 dis-
astro [star] from Latin astrum from Greek astron * see ster- 3
astro [星] 源自 拉丁語 astrum 源自 希臘語 astron *參見 ster- 3

<參考詞匯><同義詞>disaster,calamity,catastrophe,cataclysmThese nouns refer to an event having fatal or ruinous results.
這些名詞均指帶來致命的或毀滅的結(jié)果的事件。
Disaster generally implies great destruction, hardship, or loss of life:
Disaster 一般暗示巨大的破壞、困難或喪失生命：
例句：
.A nuclear disaster, spread by winds and waters and fear, could well engulf the great and the small, the rich and the poor, the committed and the uncommitted alike. (John F. Kennedy).
.核災(zāi)難，由風、水和恐懼而傳播出去，可完全吞噬大國、小國、富國、窮國，以及結(jié)盟的和不結(jié)盟的國家. （約翰·F·肯尼迪）。

Calamity emphasizes distress, grief, or the sense of loss:
Calamity 強調(diào)痛苦、悲傷或失落感：
例句：
.the heaviest calamity in English history, the breach with America. (James George Frazer).
.英國歷史上最沉重的災(zāi)難，是和美國關(guān)系的破裂. （詹姆斯·喬治·弗雷澤）。

Catastrophe especially stresses the sense of a tragic final outcome:
Catastrophe 特別強調(diào)最后的悲劇結(jié)果：
例句：
.The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophes. (Albert Einstein). A
.無需再思考，原子發(fā)出的能量已改變了一切，因此我們還走向史無前例的災(zāi)難. （愛伯特·愛因斯坦）。

cataclysm is a violent upheaval that brings about a fundamental change:
Cataclysm 指巨大的劫亂，從而帶來根本性的改變：
例句：
old aristocratic institutions destroyed by the revolutionary cataclysm.
已被革命劇變打破的舊的貴族統(tǒng)治