calamity

• n. 灾难；不幸事件
• n. (Calamity)人名；(英)卡拉米蒂

词态变化

中文词源

来自calamus, 芦苇。指不结实，豆腐渣。

英文词源

calamity (n.)

early 15c., from Middle French calamite (14c.), from Latin calamitatem (nominative calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," origin obscure. Early etymologists associated it with calamus "straw" (see shawm); but it is perhaps from a lost root preserved in incolumis "uninjured," from PIE *kle-mo-, from base *kel- (1) "to strike, cut" (see holt).

双语例句

1. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.

他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.

上周的霜冻对柑橘种植业是一场大灾难.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.

事实证明这桩婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.

最近南方的洪水是一场灾难.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.

偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》