calamity

But even if the odds of calamity are small, why gamble?(虽然造成灾难的可能性很小，可是为什么要去冒险呢？)

But for new ACTS it is a calamity.(但是对于新艺人来讲这可是一个灾难。)

Mental health in the aftermath of a calamity(不幸事件后果涉及的精神健康问题)

"If not checked, this could lead to a national calamity," he said.(“如果不加以遏止，这会导致一场全国性的灾难。”他说。)

But a calamity on this scale creates certain business opportunities.(但是此等规模的灾难还是创造了一定的商业机会。)

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.(这些无人帮助的，毁坏我的道，加增我的灾。)

And the stimulus might prevent a total calamity, they say.(并且他们表示刺激计划能组织一个全面的灾难的发生。)

They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.(我遭遇灾难的日子，他们来攻击我。但耶和华是我的倚靠。)

Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us.(再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。)

His proposal is to start by using solar systems with associated batteries to do much of the work that diesel generators do in post-calamity situations.(他建议在后灾害状况下，首先用附加电池的太阳能系统去承担本应由柴油发电机完成的许多工作。)

用作名词(n.)

Calamity stalks in that country.
灾难在那个国家蔓延。If we had been careful such a calamity would not have befallen us.
假如我们谨慎的话，这种灾难不会降临到我们的头上。The marriage proved to be the greatest calamity of his life.
事实证明这桩婚姻是他一生中最大的不幸。It will be a calamity if I fail my exam.
这次考试如果通不过我就惨了。They kept a record of earthquake calamity.
他们记录地震所发生的灾祸。

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

avert a calamity避免灾难cause calamity酿成灾害evade calamity避开灾难，祛灾flee from a calamity逃难suffer a calamity遭受灾难survive a calamity幸免于难ward off a calamity避开灾难bring calamity to the country and the people祸国殃民

形容词+～

appalling calamity骇人听闻的灾难crushing calamity毁灭性的灾难dire calamity可怕的灾难greatest calamity最大的不幸individual calamity个人的不幸national calamity国难natural calamity自然灾难real calamity真正的灾难social calamity社会的灾难unavoidable calamity不可避免的灾难

名词+～

war calamity战祸water calamity水灾

介词+～

50 people were killed in the calamity 50人在那场灾难中丧生

～+介词

the calamity of war战祸（或兵燹）a real calamity to the nation对民族的一大灾难

So full is the world of calamity, that every source of pleasure is polluted.