基本解釋n.災(zāi)難；不幸事件詞源解說 15世紀(jì)初期進(jìn)入英語，直接源自中古法語的calamite，意爲(wèi)災(zāi)難。同根派生calamitious adj. 受災(zāi)的，災(zāi)難的calamities相關(guān)詞英漢例句用作名詞 (n.)Calamity stalks in that country.災(zāi)難在那個(gè)國(guó)家蔓延。～+ prep. -phraseI am afraid my report for the past year is not a very cheerful one,it is the story of one calamity on the back of another.恐怕我關(guān)於去年的報(bào)告不令人愉快,那是一個(gè)接一個(gè)的災(zāi)難故事。calamities更多例句詞組短語用作名詞 (n.)動(dòng)詞+～avert a calamity 避免災(zāi)難cause calamity 釀成災(zāi)害evade calamity 避開災(zāi)難，祛災(zāi)flee from a calamity 逃難suffer a calamity 遭受災(zāi)難calamities更多詞組