catastrophes

英 [kəˈtæstrəfiz] 美 [kəˈtæstrəfiz]

n.  灾难; 灾祸; 横祸; 不幸事件; 困难
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  1. N-COUNT 重大灾难;灾祸;横祸
    A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
    1. From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe...
      不管从哪方面说，战争都将是场灾难。
    2. If the world is to avoid environmental catastrophe, advanced economies must undergo a profound transition.
      世界若要想避免环境灾难，经济发达的国家必须进行深刻变革。
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双语例句

  1. And preparing for potential catastrophes is part the new normal.
    因此，为潜在的大灾难做好准备，正是这种“新常态”的一部分。
  2. Had he lost his power of scenting out catastrophes?
    对灾难他已失去嗅觉了吗？
  3. They can feel death, earthquakes and other catastrophes in advance.
    它们能够提前感知死亡、地震和一些其他的大灾难。
  4. Out of which maladroit delay sprang anxieties, disappointments, shocks, catastrophes, and passing-strange destinies.
    也就在这种糊里糊涂等待的笨拙延宕中，生出了种种焦虑、失望、恐惧、灾难，以及种种短暂的离奇的命运。
  5. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
    这时电话铃响了，这预示着一串意想不到的灾难要降临了。
  6. Other unexpected events, including natural catastrophes, may need emergency fiscal support.
    包括自然灾害在内的其它意外事件，可能需要紧急财政支持。
  7. The job of insurance companies is to guard others against catastrophes, not cause them.
    保险公司的职责是保卫其他人抵御灾难，而不是带来灾难。
  8. Catastrophes should not stop human progress, but they should be used to make proper conclusions.
    灾难不应该阻滞人类进步，而我们也需要从中学习些正确的结论。
  9. But we managed to preserve all this through the catastrophes.
    但我们成功地在灾难中保全了这一切。
  10. Catastrophes have a tendency to reveal who really holds authority and who knows how to exercise it responsibly.
    灾难往往能够揭露谁真正掌握着权力，以及谁知道如何负责任地行使权力。
  11. Abrupt catastrophes may come one day if mankind continues to pollute the environment.
    如果人类继续污染环境，大灾祸可能会很快降临。
  12. It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, and age that kill us; it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.
    不是灾难，谋杀，死亡，疾病和年龄是人们不能存活；而是人们看你，笑你，和走上汽车的方式是我们无法存活。
  13. This would be a recipe for yet bigger catastrophes in future years.
    这将导致未来发生更严重的灾难。
  14. Periodic local catastrophes reduce populations.
    周期性的局部地区的灾变降低了种群的数量。
  15. Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages.
    植物的病害、于旱、荒芜和绝望是那个时代常发生的灾难。
  16. He called for non-proliferation measures to be taken around the global to avoid such catastrophes.
    他号召在全球采取防止核扩散的措施来避免发生类似的大灾难。
  17. The San Francisco earthquake was one of the worst catastrophes of the century.
    旧金山地震是世纪性的灾难之一。
  18. ( v) natural catastrophes such as earthquake, hurricane, typhoon or volcanic activity.
    自然灾害，如地震、飓风、台风、或火山活动。
  19. Other places in the world are equally in danger, but the United States is poised for special catastrophes.
    世界的其他地方也是同样的处于危险中，但美国将处于特别的灾难中。
  20. Natural disasters are the common enemy for human kind, and only joint international efforts could overcome these catastrophes.
    自然灾害是人类共同的敌人，国际社会只有和衷共济，才能战胜灾难。
  21. We are just halfway through this year, but2011 has already delivered an unprecedented cascade of calamities, catastrophes, and humanitarian crises.
    今年仅仅过去一半，但2011年却已经发生了大量前所未有的灾难、灾害和人道主义危机。
  22. Otherwise, what they did would offend the diving dragon and catastrophes would be inevitable.
    否则为他们的所作所为会得罪潜水龙和灾难将不可避免。
  23. There are many natural catastrophes occurring in nature.
    自然界里有很多自然灾害发生。
  24. It can improve future disaster management and help mitigate the effects of these catastrophes.
    它可以改善未来的灾害管理，并帮助减轻这些大灾害的影响。
  25. Alongside these catastrophes are many smaller disasters.
    伴随着这些重大灾难的，还有许多规模小一些的灾难。
  26. Such wilful blindness makes me worry what catastrophes we are now cultivating for the years ahead.
    这种视而不见的行为让我担心，今后我们将孕育出什么样的灾难。
  27. Natural catastrophes remain unpredictable, in spite of huge technical and scientific advances.
    尽管科技取得了巨大的进步，自然灾害仍然是不可预测的。
  28. Therefore, we can not rule out such catastrophes during our lifetimes.
    因此，我们不能排除这样的灾难在我们有生之年实现这一目标。
  29. Two of history's worst natural catastrophes occurred in1970.
    1970年发生了历史上最严重两次自然灾害。
  30. Our loans offer hedging opportunities to protect borrowers from foreign exchange or interest rate risk and even other risks such as droughts and catastrophes.
    我们的贷款提供对冲选择，减少借款人的利率和汇率风险，甚至干旱和自然灾难等其它风险。
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