Calamity



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 大灾祸, 不幸之事
• ［英］ n. 大灾祸, 不幸之事 ( any extreme misfortune)
• ［记］ calam ( 破坏destruction) +ity -> 大灾祸
• ［同］ 派生词: calamitous ( adj. 造成灾祸的)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -ties)

• Etymology: Middle English calamytey, from Latin calamitat-, calamitas; perhaps akin to Latin clades destruction
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss
• 2. a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering <calamities of naturen economic calamity

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