词汇搭配
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
词组短语
同近义词辨析
disaster, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe
这组词都有“灾难”的意思，其区别是：
misfortune普通用词，多批较为严重的不幸，强调不幸多由外界因素所致。
calamity多指个人的不幸，比disaster严重，强调灾难引起的悲痛以及对于损失的感觉。
catastrophe语气最强，指可怕的灾难，强调最终的结局。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。 - She is always on the alert for some new calamity.
她总是保持警觉以防某种新的灾难。
权威例句
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