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单词 disaster
释义 disaster /dɪˈzɑːstə/ n.
1.(destructive event)灾难;灾害
a natural disaster一场自然灾害

an air disaster一起空难

2.(harm and destruction)祸患;灾祸

The only way to avoid disaster was to abandon the house to its fate.避免灾难的唯一办法就是放弃这座房子, 让它听天由命。

economic/financial disaster严重的经济/金融危机

We are on the brink of economic disaster.我们濒临严重的经济危机。

disaster struck灾难发生

It was the day disaster struck.那是灾难降临的日子。

Disaster struck in the late 1970s when the cost of raw materials rocketed.20世纪70年代后期原材料价格飙升时, 灾难降临了。

3.(terrible failure)彻底失败的事情;彻底的失败
to be a disaster是彻底的失败

The government's education policy is a disaster.政府的教育政策彻底失败了。

The whole production was just a disaster!整部作品就是一个败笔。

4.a recipe for disaster没有什么好结果;后患无穷

Asking a private company to run the prison for profit sounds like a recipe for disaster.请一家私营公司以营利为目的来经营监狱, 这听上去就不会有什么好结果。

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