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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Alongside these catastrophes are many smaller disasters.
  伴随着这些重大灾难的，还有许多规模小一些的灾难。
• Therefore, we can not rule out such catastrophes during our lifetimes.
  因此，我们不能排除这样的灾难在我们有生之年实现这一目标。
• Periodic local catastrophes reduce populations.
  周期性的局部地区的灾变降低了种群的数量。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Had he lost his power of scenting out catastrophes?
  对灾难他已失去嗅觉了吗？