calamities

常見例句

用作名詞 (n.)

• Calamity stalks in that country.
  災(zāi)難在那個國家蔓延。
• If we had been careful such a calamity would not have befallen us.
  假如我們謹(jǐn)慎的話，這種災(zāi)難不會降臨到我們的頭上。
• 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。
• It will be a calamity if I fail my exam.
  這次考試如果通不過我就慘了。
• They kept a record of earthquake calamity.
  他們記錄地震所發(fā)生的災(zāi)禍。

～+ prep. -phrase

• 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.
  恐怕我關(guān)于去年的報告不令人愉快,那是一個接一個的災(zāi)難故事。
• The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.
  上周的霜凍對柑橘種植業(yè)是一場大災(zāi)難。
• The spring floods were a great calamity to the farmers whose crops and homes were ruined.
  這場春季洪水對那些房屋和莊稼被毀的農(nóng)民來說是一場大災(zāi)難。
• The loss of the ship was a calamity to the navy.
  該船的沉沒為海軍的一大不幸。

用作名詞 (n.)

• The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
  最近南方的洪水是一場災(zāi)難。
• She is always on the alert for some new calamity.
  她總是保持警覺以防某種新的災(zāi)難。
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