tragedy/adversity/calamity/catastrophe/disaster/misfortune.导航词义：悲剧，灾难

1. tragedy:n. 悲剧性事件，惨剧.指因有人死亡而令人震惊的不幸事件。

Mother's sudden death was a tragedy to the family.

母亲的突然去世对全家是一个极大的不幸。

The tragedy he mentioned took place in March.

他提到的那一悲惨事件发生在3月。

The tragedy occurred during the earthquake when four people of the same family were killed.

地震中悲剧发生了，一家人中有四个丧命。

2. adversity:n. 逆境，不幸.指困难重重或不走运的境况。

The others were greatly inspired by his courage in the face of adversity.

他面对逆境的勇气极大地鼓舞了其他人。

He is always ready to deal with adversity.

他时刻准备着去应对逆境。

3. calamity:n. 灾难，祸患.指意外发生的、造成重大损失的灾祸，语气强于 disaster，侧重于悲痛的心情；有时也指个人的不幸， 多为幽默用语。

It will be a calamity for farmers if it keeps raining.

如果雨一直下个不停，将会给农民带来灾难。

The flood brought calamities to the local people.

洪水给当地民众带来了巨大灾难。

The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of her life.

事实证明这桩婚姻是她一生中最大的不幸。

It will be a calamity if I fail my English exam.

这次英语考试我要是通不过就惨了。

4. catastrophe:n. 重大灾难；大祸.语气最强，指造成破坏、死亡的可怕灾难，强调最终的结局；也可指极为麻烦的局面或悲惨的结局。

Food is required immediately to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

急需食物以避免一场人道主义灾难。

The forest fire was a catastrophe.

那场森林火灾是个大灾难。

The natural catastrophe dealt a heavy blow to this country's economy.

这场自然灾害给该国经济带来了严重的打击。

If the project is cancelled, it will be a catastrophe for all of the companies concerned.

如果该项目取消，对所有相关公司将是个灾难。

5. disaster:n. 灾难，灾祸.普通用词，通常指各类人为或自然的灾祸，如核泄漏、洪水、暴风雪等。

The plane flew through the clouds in time and a disaster was narrowly averted.

飞机及时地飞过了云层，侥幸避免了一场灾难。

The oil spill was a disaster for sea animals.

那次石油泄漏对海洋动物是一场灾难。

The conference turned out to be a complete disaster.

大会最终搞得一团糟。

They overcame the natural disaster and even had a bumper harvest.

他们战胜了自然灾害，甚至还获得了大丰收。

6. misfortune:n. 不幸，灾祸.多指较为严重的不幸，强调多由厄运或外界因素所致。

The climbers had the misfortune of running into a snowslide, but no one got hurt.

登山队员不幸遇到雪崩，但没有人受伤。

She is distressed by misfortune.

厄运使她忧伤。

We had the misfortune to run into a violent storm.

我们不幸遭遇了猛烈的暴风雨。

Misfortune befell me when I was still young.

我年纪还很小的时候就遭到了不幸。

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1·A disaster was narrowly averted.

及时防止了一场灾难。《牛津词典》

2·Disaster threatens on every side.

灾祸四伏。《牛津词典》

3·This will surely end in disaster.

这无疑将以灾难告终。《牛津词典》

4·It was nothing less than a disaster.

这简直就是一场灾难。《牛津词典》

5·Warnings of disaster may be overblown.

灾难的警告可能是夸张的。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

6·The whole thing was a regular disaster.

整个事情完全是一场灾难。《牛津词典》

7·The evening was an unmitigated disaster.

这一晚完全是一场灾难。《牛津词典》

8·Disaster struck when the wheel came off.

车轮脱落，灾难就来了。《牛津词典》

9·For Sandro, the new year brought disaster.

对桑德罗来说，新年给他带来了灾难。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

10·The area has been declared a disaster zone.

该地区已被宣布为灾难带。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

灾难

1·Warnings of disaster may be overblown.

灾难的警告可能是夸张的。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·For Sandro, the new year brought disaster.

对桑德罗来说，新年给他带来了灾难。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·The area has been declared a disaster zone.

该地区已被宣布为灾难带。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Lemming-like we rushed into certain disaster.

我们像旅鼠一样忙不迭地投入灾难。《牛津词典》

5·Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster.

悲剧性文学使悲伤和灾难显得尊贵。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

灾害

1·To avoid delays, she wanted the disaster relief legislation to be kept free of extraneous matters.

为避免延误，她希望无关紧要的事不被掺杂进灾害救济立法程序中。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·The natural disaster has killed several thousand monkeys.

这场自然灾害已造成几千只猴子死亡。

3·Some natural disaster killed a whole herd of dinosaurs in the area.

某种自然灾害致使该地区的恐龙群死亡。

4·The extent of the disaster in an earthquake depends on many factors.

地震的灾害程度取决于许多因素。

5·There is one type of earthquake disaster that little can be done about.

有一种地震灾害我们几乎是无能为力的。

灾

1·For example, in the construction industry, building codes are under current discussion to prevent, or minimise, the risk of disaster damage.

例如，在建筑业，时下建筑守则在审议之中，要求能防止或尽可能减少因灾受损的风险。

2·Two days after the disaster, cars, debris, dead animals still litter the streets and fields.

灾后两天，汽车、碎片、死亡的动物仍然被丢在街道和地上。

3·You can expect repair costs to soar after a disaster, by the way, because every available contractor will be working overtime.

你要知道灾后的建筑费用会飙升，顺便说一句，这也有承包者们不停加班的原因。

4·The balanced scorecard is a practical tool to focus attention and resources to facilitate improvement in disaster rehabilitation settings where health information infrastructure is poor.

平衡记分卡是一种实用工具，它可以将集中精力和资源用于促进卫生信息基础设施薄弱的灾后重建地区的医疗服务的改进上。

5·He said Japan is coming out of a nuclear disaster and is struggling with low growth.

他还说，日本才要从核灾走出来，正在和低增长率搏斗。

灾祸

1·Thousands died in the disaster.

数千人在这场灾祸中丧生。《牛津词典》

2·Disaster threatens on every side.

灾祸四伏。《牛津词典》

3·The word disaster seems to mock us. After enough repetitions of shocking weather, we can't remain indefinitely shocked.

“灾祸”这个词似乎在嘲弄人，可怕天气反复出现我们见怪不怪了。

4·Surprise spells disaster for people seeking change. Knowing more about the process allows more control over it.

对寻求改变的人来说，惊喜会招致灾祸。对过程知道的更多给了你更多的机会控制这一过程。

5·They also attempted to calm Mrs Bennet, who, however, refused to be calmed, and blamed everyone except herself for the disaster.

她们也努力安慰班纳特太太，而她拒绝接受安慰，把酿成灾祸的过错都推到了别人身上，觉得就她一个人没错。

祸

1·Is the Flooding in Pakistan a Climate Change Disaster?

巴基斯坦洪灾是气候变化惹的祸吗？

2·Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.

所以耶和华以色列的神如此说，我必降祸与耶路撒冷和犹大，叫一切听见的人无不耳鸣。

3·If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, he will turn and bring disaster on you and make an end of you, after he has been good to you.

你们若离弃耶和华去事奉外邦神，耶和华在降福之后，必转而降祸与你们，把你们灭绝。

4·This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book the king of Judah has read.

耶和华如此说，我必照着犹大王所读那书上的一切话，降祸与这地和其上的居民。

5·This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster on this place and its people-all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah.

耶和华如此说，我必照着在犹大王面前所读那书上的一切咒诅，降祸与这地和其上的居民。

不幸

1·Your get together can lead to a new best friend or end up in downright disaster.

你们的见面会产生一个新的挚友友，或者以彻头彻尾的不幸结束。

2·So what am I saying? Sometimes what looks like a disaster in your life is part of a much bigger plan. But you will never fulfill your destiny if you are having a pity party.

这正是我要说的，有时候看起来貌似生命中的不幸却真正的成就了你，但如果你只是一味的自怨自艾你就永远无法完善你自己的人生。

3·If in our own life there have been rebellion, unbelief, sin, and disaster, it is never too late for God to deal triumphantly with these tragic facts if brought to Him in full surrender and trust.

如果在我们已往的生活上，有了叛逆、不信、罪恶、不幸，只要我们肯完全降服、信靠，神决不会说“太迟”的，因为神有办法对付这些悲剧。

4·Sometimes what looks like a disaster in your life is part of a much bigger plan. But you will never fulfill your destiny if you are having a pity party.

这正是我要说的，有时候看起来貌似生命中的不幸却真正的成就了你，但如果你只是一味的自怨自艾你就永远无法完善你自己的人生。

5·In closed agrarian societies, families need a lot of children as insurance against disaster.

在封闭的农业社会里，家庭需要较多的子女以防不幸。

劫难

1·Meeting you is the fate and falling in love with is my disaster, but I cannot get the redemption all my life.

也许认识你就是命运的安排，爱上你是一生的劫难，而我，将永远无法得到救赎。

2·I have loved the love, this is my disaster.

我爱上了爱情，这是我的劫难。

3·Others may feel that compassion means giving up everything for someone else, or simply helping people out in times of need such as a natural disaster.

此外一些人年夜概感受恻隐心意味着为某些人抛却悉数，可能年夜略的在人们必要时年夜略的辅佐他们，如自然劫难。

4·You are not clear, like a person are the fate, even if is doomed is the disaster, is also doomed.

你不明白，喜欢一个人是宿命，即使注定是劫难，也在劫难逃。

5·You don't understand, love a person's fate, even if is doomed is the disaster, is also doomed.

你不明白，喜欢一个人是宿命，即使注定是劫难，也在劫难逃。

祸患

1·The Lord works out everything for his own ends- even the wicked for a day of disaster.

耶和华所造的，各适其用，就是恶人，也为祸患的日子所造。

2·These three small creatures make every effort only to get the benefit before them but ignore entirely the disaster behind.

这三只小生物，只是力求得到它们眼前的利益，却全不管它们身后隐伏着祸患啊！

3·Talking of others shortcomings, in itself is an offense. When slander goes far beyond reason, disaster will surely result.

宣扬别人的短处是一种罪恶，如果宣扬得过份激烈或夸张，会惹出祸患。

大祸

1·Must provoke disaster the person is you.

要惹大祸的人是你。

2·This is a major remodel. This is a disaster.

你知道它是个改造模型，这是大祸了。

(1)natural disaster自然灾难，自然灾害

(1)disaster relief赈灾；灾难援助

(1)disaster prevention防灾

(1)disaster area灾区

(1)earthquake disaster地震灾害

(1)disaster recovery灾难复原