| 单词 | calamity |
| 释义 | calamity (once / 413 pages) n Use the word calamity to describe an event that causes great harm and misery, or a general state of distress or misery: the calamity of war. Near synonyms are catastrophe and disaster. The noun calamity is from Middle English calamytey, from Latin calamitas, a word which might be related to Latin clades "destruction." Calamity Jane was the nickname of a 19th-century woman living on the U.S. frontier. She claimed to have some very exciting adventures. WORD FAMILYcalamity: calamities, calamitous+/calamitous: calamitously USAGE EXAMPLESSo much of the time the NFL is about surviving calamity. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The “Point in Time” numbers also exposed a generational calamity. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Before the calamity, Tepco was a frequent bond issuer with a credit rating as high as the government, and considered a corporate benchmark. Reuters(Dec 27, 2016) n an event resulting in great loss and misfortune the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity Syn|Hypo|Hyper cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy act of God, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events apocalypsea cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil faminea severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death kiss of deathsomething that is ruinous meltdowna disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown plagueany large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God) visitationany disaster or catastrophe tidal wavean unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide tsunamia cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption the Great Calamity, the Great Hunger, the Great Starvation, the Irish Faminea famine in Ireland resulting from a potato blight; between 1846 and 1851 a million people starved to death and 1.6 million emigrated (most to America) bad luck, misfortune unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event |
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