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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 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。
  • But we managed to preserve all this through the catastrophes.
    但我们成功地在灾难中保全了这一切。
  • It can improve future disaster management and help mitigate the effects of these catastrophes.
    它可以改善未来的灾害管理,并帮助减轻这些大灾害的影响。
  • Abrupt catastrophes may come one day if mankind continues to pollute the environment.
    如果人类继续污染环境,大灾祸可能会很快降临。
  • ( v) natural catastrophes such as earthquake, hurricane, typhoon or volcanic activity.
    自然灾害,如地震、飓风、台风、或火山活动。
  • Otherwise, what they did would offend the diving dragon and catastrophes would be inevitable.
    否则为他们的所作所为会得罪潜水龙和灾难将不可避免。
  • Two of history's worst natural catastrophes occurred in1970.
    1970年发生了历史上最严重两次自然灾害。
  • The San Francisco earthquake was one of the worst catastrophes of the century.
    旧金山地震是世纪性的灾难之一。
  • Our loans offer hedging opportunities to protect borrowers from foreign exchange or interest rate risk and even other risks such as droughts and catastrophes.
    我们的贷款提供对冲选择,减少借款人的利率和汇率风险,甚至干旱和自然灾难等其它风险。
  • He called for non-proliferation measures to be taken around the global to avoid such catastrophes.
    他号召在全球采取防止核扩散的措施来避免发生类似的大灾难。