名词

1. His becoming blind was a great calamity.
他双目失明是巨大的不幸。

2. War is a frightful calamity.
战争是可怕的灾难。

3. The recent flooding in the south was a calamity.
最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。

1. 灾害,不幸事件：disaster 灾难,不幸(语气较弱) | calamity 灾害,不幸事件 | nature calamity 自然灾害

2. 灾害：calamity science 灾害学 | calamity 灾害 | calcium carbide 炭化钙

3. 灾祸：buckle 变形,坍塌 | calamity 灾祸 | canyon 峡谷

1. 灾难;灾祸; 祸患
A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.

e.g. He described drugs as the greatest calamity of the age...
他称毒品是这个时代最大的祸害。
e.g. ...the calamity of war...
兵燹战祸

noun

1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

e.g. the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity
the earthquake was a disaster

Synonym: catastrophedisastertragedycataclysm