| 釋義 |
disaster /di'za: sta(r) US: -'zaes-; diz'aest。/ n 1 [C] great or sudden misfortune; terrible accident (eg a great flood or fire, an earthquake, a serious defeat in war, the loss of a large sum of money). 大災(zāi)難; 突然的災(zāi)難; 災(zāi)禍(例如洪水或大火，地震，戰(zhàn)爭大敗, 大量金錢之損失)。 2 [U] great misfortune or suffering: 重大的不幸或?yàn)?zāi)難： a record of ~. 災(zāi)難的記錄。 disastrous /di'zcustras US: -'zaes-; diz-'aestras/ adj causing ~: 招致災(zāi)禍的： disastrous /Yoods, 損失慘重的水災(zāi); a defeat that was disastrous to the country. 使國家蒙受災(zāi)禍的失敗。 disastrously adv |