| 单词 | disastrous |
| 释义 | disastrous (dɪzɑːstrəs , -zæs- ) 1. adjective A disastrous event has extremely bad consequences and effects. ...the recent, disastrous earthquake. The effect on coffee prices has been disastrous for the producers. Synonyms: terrible, devastating, tragic, fatal disastrously adverb [ADV adj/prep, ADVERB with verb] The vegetable harvest is disastrously behind schedule. Their scheme went disastrously wrong. 2. adjective If you describe something as disastrous, you mean that it was very unsuccessful. England's cricketers have had another disastrous day. ...their disastrous performance in the general election of 1906. disastrously adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb] ...the company's disastrously timed venture into property development. Collocations: disastrous attempt Her self-consciousness led to a disastrous attempt to scale them back. Times, Sunday Times We learn how a financial crash prompted him into a disastrous attempt to open a curiosity museum. The Sun A disastrous attempt at handing out awards to staff ended with her calling hecklers 'f****** little s***s' and yelling at the 'disrespectful b******s' to 'shut the f*** up'. The Sun He responds with a disastrous attempt by the officers to build the club themselves. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They had failed to even reach a semi-final in their last six disastrous attempts at this tournament. The Sun Now, after the property market has crashed, it looks like a disastrous decision. Times, Sunday Times A combination of naivety, misplaced trust and insecurity led me to take this disastrous decision. The Sun But his lead before the disastrous decision not to hold a snap election has slipped dramatically. The Sun That was a disastrous decision. The Sun It would prove to be a disastrous decision. The Sun It can have the same disastrous effect on a relationship as any affair. The Sun (2014) Too much exercise can have a disastrous effect on fertility, because it can stop ovulation occurring. PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycystic ovary syndrome (2002) It was aired, to disastrous effect. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Exchange controls, using several different rates for the dollar, proved to a disastrous failure. Times, Sunday Times In normal times, of course, a governor who quit halfway through her first term after the disastrous failure of a vicepresidential campaign would not be viable. Times, Sunday Times Most of its early supporters recognise that there was a disastrous failure to plan for the aftermath of victory, and beyond that a failure to develop an exit strategy. Times, Sunday Times Their policy was a disastrous failure. Times, Sunday Times After failing to make significant progress, the nationalist resorted to artillery to shell the enemy, but resulted in disastrous failure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A £200m fund to reclad blocks that have the panel type that fuelled the disastrous fire opened a year ago, but has disbursed little more than £3m. Times,Sunday Times The scorching heat, combined with winds of up to 50mph (80km/h), combined to create disastrous fire conditions. Times, Sunday Times The world's largest collection of motorcycles was in a different state six years ago, when a disastrous fire destroyed 60% of the site. Times, Sunday Times As the number of electronic devices and other heat sources increases in every flat in every block, the risk of another disastrous fire surely increases too. Times, Sunday Times One wall of the house survived a disastrous fire in 1879, and the rest was rebuilt. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A disastrous flood in 1909 some years later damaged the building to such an extent that it was abandoned. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1878 a disastrous flood destroyed the remaining water powered mills. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The county never recovered from that disastrous flood. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After the disastrous flood in 1966, that severely damaged the historical center of town, it was imperative to examine the possible solution for flood protection. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The shop flourished until 1888 when a disastrous flood hit the city. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may not seem like it now, but the referendum next month could have a large and disastrous impact. The Sun It looks at the potentially disastrous impact that social media can have on people. Times, Sunday Times However, in the short term, landlords may be more preoccupied with the possibly disastrous impact of the new housing benefit rules. Times, Sunday Times This route to diagnosis can have a disastrous impact on survival chances. Times, Sunday Times Free-trade deals with countries that have lower standards could have a disastrous impact on farm businesses and public health. Times, Sunday Times Other reefs around the world are feared to be similarly affected, with disastrous implications for fish and other creatures. Times, Sunday Times It will have disastrous implications for a huge number of people already struggling to make ends meet. Times, Sunday Times The disastrous implications of climate change are likely to affect building developers sooner than most. Times, Sunday Times Both countries will now be plunged into weeks of difficult negotiations to form a workable government coalition from a fragmented patchwork of parties, with potentially disastrous implications for their economies. Times, Sunday Times This might provide peace in the short term but has disastrous implications in the long term. Times, Sunday Times This week, a win which helped him to 50% and a disastrous loss in the winning move. Times, Sunday Times Illegal logging causes disastrous loss of habitat for wildlife while leaving regions more vulnerable to landslides, flooding, and soil erosion. Times, Sunday Times At a time when she was planning to expand her operation, a train wreck caused the disastrous loss of many orders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They left companies nursing disastrous losses when interest rates fell after the financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times The products were marketed as offering businesses protection from changes in the cost of borrowing, but when interest rates fell, companies were left nursing disastrous losses. Times, Sunday Times Friends say they fear she could be rushing into another potentially disastrous marriage. The Sun They appear happy but their relationship explodes following a disastrous marriage proposal. The Sun Intersecting with them at one point or another are two sets of tourists; one couple in middle-aged stasis, the other heading precipitously into a clearly disastrous marriage. Times, Sunday Times The couple married in 2002 and divorced in 2007 after a disastrous marriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A daughter was born, a product of that disastrous marriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Labour made a disastrous mistake when it abandoned its own tradition of self-help and mutual assistance for a distrustful bureaucratic state. Times, Sunday Times That disastrous mistake blew up in his face. Times, Sunday Times The tour proved to be a disastrous mistake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Having to consult half a dozen rulebooks increased enormously the potential for a disastrous mistake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But they made a disastrous mistake. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To give that picture a little more context, though, a crowd of 9,436 yesterday was by no means viewed as a disastrous outcome. Times, Sunday Times It need not have the same disastrous outcome and appears to have been much better thought through this time around. The Times Literary Supplement The absence of adequate financial sector policies could have disastrous outcome, as illustrated by the global financial crisis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although the causes for this disastrous outcome were heavily debated, it became clear that the pre-war doctrine was not sustainable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not all mutations, it should be noted, have the same potential for a disastrous outcome. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's not as if it was a disastrous performance. The Sun (2010) It is the only way to explain such a disastrous performance by their defence on a night it needed to be strong and resolute. The Sun (2015) In the end, a man famous for his intellect and charm was undone by his own disastrous performance in the witness box. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Only in recent months have the implications of this disastrous policy become clear. Times, Sunday Times This disastrous policy, encouraged by jobsworth regulators and promoted by actuarial consultants of stupefying mediocrity, has hugely increased pension fund deficits. Times, Sunday Times But it's not the time to dwell on a disastrous policy. The Sun Reversing the damaging consequences of this disastrous policy could take decades. Times, Sunday Times What a disastrous policy it was to let them all in. The Sun Five years after the disastrous season of 1871, another whaling fleet was decimated. The Times Literary Supplement Should he win that, a disastrous season will have been rescued. Times, Sunday Times That was not a disastrous season for us, but the second part of the year was much less positive. Times, Sunday Times The expansion was a flop and led to a disastrous season for the league. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As this disastrous season started to come to a close, questions about the coaching staff started swirling like crazy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sale have made a disastrous start, losing seven out of eight games. The Sun From a disastrous start - its handsets failed to arrive on time, leaving its new shops with nothing to sell - the problems kept piling up. Times, Sunday Times Orient are on the up after a disastrous start to the season that saw them go 10 league games without a win. The Sun It made for a disastrous start to its election campaign. The Sun But the club's disastrous start to the season sealed their fate. The Sun It just needed the destructive end of a disastrous war for them to start being carried out. Times, Sunday Times As he nears the end of his public life, another disastrous war threatens to taint his legacy. Times, Sunday Times The youngest non-martyrs to have been declared saints, they foretold disastrous war, the rise of communism and the death of a pope. Times, Sunday Times After the disastrous war, according to a description of properties from 1651, there were 12 men and 33 hearth places (houses). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This started a disastrous war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The effect would be catastrophic for hundreds of thousands of people and economically disastrous. Times, Sunday Times Her husband, who was opposed to war as an economically disastrous adventure, felt obliged to resign. Times, Sunday Times However, it would be economically disastrous and, in the long run, probably politically unsustainable as well. Times,Sunday Times The first would be economically disastrous; the second, politically gruelling. Times, Sunday Times They have been driven away from their feeding grounds, with potentially disastrous consequences. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Friends say they fear she could be rushing into another potentially disastrous marriage. The Sun (2013) The model is said to be ignoring the concerns of those who feel she is rushing into another potentially disastrous marriage. The Sun (2013) Would it be wrong or potentially disastrous if we had an affair without anyone else knowing? Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 灾难性的 Japanese: 大災害の |
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