学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3583 calamity

 今天我们要学的词是 calamity¹. Calamity is spelled C-A-L-A-M-I-T-Y, calamity.

 

calamity 的意思是灾难，危难。 

 

New Yorkers are fighting the coronavirus in any way they can and trying to stay strong in the face of calamity as they did in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. 纽约人正竭尽全力与新冠病毒作斗争，并努力坚强面对这场灾难，就像2001年9月11日发生恐怖袭击之后一样。

 

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1 calamity   

n.灾害，祸患，不幸事件

参考例句：

• Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
• The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。