• n. 災(zāi)難；不幸事件
• n. (Calamity)人名；(英)卡拉米蒂

來(lái)自calamus, 蘆葦。指不結(jié)實(shí)，豆腐渣。

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).

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

他稱(chēng)毒品是這個(gè)時(shí)代最大的禍害。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

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

上周的霜凍對(duì)柑橘種植業(yè)是一場(chǎng)大災(zāi)難.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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

事實(shí)證明這樁婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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

最近南方的洪水是一場(chǎng)災(zāi)難.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

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

偷襲珍珠港(對(duì)美軍來(lái)說(shuō))是一場(chǎng)毀滅性的災(zāi)難.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》