disaster
英 [d?'zɑ?st?]
美[d?'z?st?]
- n. 災難，災禍；不幸
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詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?disasters;
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1. 敵人殺死他.
2. 天降災星。
3. disaster???????災難，禍害?“他給人民帶來了災難，得砸死他”
2. 天降災星。
3. disaster???????災難，禍害?“他給人民帶來了災難，得砸死他”
中文詞源
disaster 災難
dis-, 不，非，使相反。-aster, 星星，星辰，詞源同star, asterisk.即星位不正，在古代占星術中預示著災難降臨。
英文詞源
- disaster
- disaster: [16] The word disaster has astrological connotations. It comes, perhaps via French désastre, from Italian disastro; this was a backformation from disastrato, literally ‘ill-starred’, a compound adjective formed from the pejorative prefix dis- and astro ‘star’, a descendant of Latin astrum ‘star’. This in turn came from Greek astron ‘star’, source of English astronomy and related to English star. So the underlying meaning of the word is ‘malevolent astral influence’. Proven?al has the parallel malastre ‘misfortune’.
- disaster (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro "ill-starred," from dis-, here merely pejorative (see dis-) + astro "star, planet," from Latin astrum, from Greek astron (see star (n.)). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet.
雙語例句
- 1. An airliner came close to disaster while approaching Heathrow Airport.
- 一架大型客機在飛近希思羅機場時差點兒發(fā)生空難。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We were in a disaster situation that defies description.
- 我們陷入了難以言表的糟糕處境。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The President described the disaster as an act of God.
- 總統(tǒng)將這場災難說成是天災。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. An investigation is underway to find out how the disaster happened.
- 調查已經(jīng)展開，以查明災難是如何發(fā)生的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster.
- 投資者預料會出現(xiàn)災難，正在儲備大量現(xiàn)金。
來自柯林斯例句