catastrophes

英 [kəˈtæstrəfiz]

美 [kəˈtæstrəfiz]

n.  灾难; 灾祸; 横祸; 不幸事件; 困难
catastrophe的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 重大灾难;灾祸;横祸
  Acatastropheis an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  1. From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe...
     不管从哪方面说，战争都将是场灾难。
  2. If the world is to avoid environmental catastrophe, advanced economies must undergo a profound transition.
     世界若要想避免环境灾难，经济发达的国家必须进行深刻变革。

双语例句

• The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
  这时电话铃响了，这预示着一串意想不到的灾难要降临了。
• The job of insurance companies is to guard others against catastrophes, not cause them.
  保险公司的职责是保卫其他人抵御灾难，而不是带来灾难。
• And preparing for potential catastrophes is part the new normal.
  因此，为潜在的大灾难做好准备，正是这种“新常态”的一部分。
• Other places in the world are equally in danger, but the United States is poised for special catastrophes.
  世界的其他地方也是同样的处于危险中，但美国将处于特别的灾难中。
• Other unexpected events, including natural catastrophes, may need emergency fiscal support.
  包括自然灾害在内的其它意外事件，可能需要紧急财政支持。
• Natural disasters are the common enemy for human kind, and only joint international efforts could overcome these catastrophes.
  自然灾害是人类共同的敌人，国际社会只有和衷共济，才能战胜灾难。
• Out of which maladroit delay sprang anxieties, disappointments, shocks, catastrophes, and passing-strange destinies.
  也就在这种糊里糊涂等待的笨拙延宕中，生出了种种焦虑、失望、恐惧、灾难，以及种种短暂的离奇的命运。
• It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, and age that kill us; it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.
  不是灾难，谋杀，死亡，疾病和年龄是人们不能存活；而是人们看你，笑你，和走上汽车的方式是我们无法存活。
• They can feel death, earthquakes and other catastrophes in advance.
  它们能够提前感知死亡、地震和一些其他的大灾难。
• Natural catastrophes remain unpredictable, in spite of huge technical and scientific advances.
  尽管科技取得了巨大的进步，自然灾害仍然是不可预测的。