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。