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

• 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。
• 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。
• This would be a recipe for yet bigger catastrophes in future years.
  这将导致未来发生更严重的灾难。
• Other unexpected events, including natural catastrophes, may need emergency fiscal support.
  包括自然灾害在内的其它意外事件，可能需要紧急财政支持。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They can feel death, earthquakes and other catastrophes in advance.
  它们能够提前感知死亡、地震和一些其他的大灾难。
• Had he lost his power of scenting out catastrophes?
  对灾难他已失去嗅觉了吗？