詞彙精選:disaster的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
災難;不幸 [C]
例句:
We were all shocked by the disaster.
這場災難使我們所有人大為震驚。
例句:
In closed agrarian societies, families need a lot of children as insurance against disaster.
在封閉的農業社會裏,家庭需要較多的子女以防不幸。
徹底的失敗 [C]
例句:
British policy in Cyprus was an utter disaster.
英國在塞浦路斯的政策遭到了徹底的失敗。
例句:
Our plan ended in disaster.
我們的計劃以徹底失敗告終。
成事不足敗事有餘的人;禍患 [C]
例句:
That would have been a real disaster!
那才是真正的禍患!
(星的)兇向
二、詞義辨析:
disaster,calamity,catastrophe,misfortune
這些名詞均表示“災難”或“不幸”之意。disaster普通用詞,指大破壞、痛苦或傷亡。calamity多指個人的不幸,比disaster嚴重,強調災難引起的悲痛以及對於損失的感覺。catastrophe語氣最強,指可怕的災難,強調最終的結局。misfortune普通用詞,多批較為嚴重的不幸,強調不幸多由外界因素所致。
三、相關短語:
disaster area
災區
四、參考例句:
He studies disaster trends.
他在研究災害趨勢。
Annual disaster drills are conducted.
每年都有災難演習。
A great disaster is occurring.
災禍臨頭。
A typical disaster story: disease, corruption, poverty.
一個典型的災難性故事,疾病、腐敗、貧窮。
We must act now to forestall disaster.
我們現在必須採取行動以防災難。
It’s really a disaster to us.
對我們來説,這真是個災難。
That would have been a real disaster!
那才是真正的禍患!
The disaster could not have been foreseen.
Knowledge of the disaster soon spread.
災難的消息很快傳開了。
Haughtiness invites disaster; humility receives benefit.
〔諺〕滿招損,謙受益。