calamity

calamity

英 [kə'læmɪtɪ]
　　美 [kə'læməti]

n. 災難；不幸事件
　　n. (Calamity)人名；(英)卡拉米蒂

中文詞源：

calamity 災難

來自calamus, 蘆葦。指不結實，豆腐渣。

例句：

1. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age.
他稱毒品是這個時代最大的禍害。

2. The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.
上周的霜凍對柑橘種植業是一場大災難.

3. The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.
事實證明這樁婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸.

4. The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
最近南方的洪水是一場災難.

5. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.
偷襲珍珠港(對美軍來說)是一場毀滅性的災難.