calamity的近义词

1. 灾难
2. 不幸
3. 灾祸
4. 苦难
5. 灾害
6. 困苦
7. 大祸临头
8. 无妄之灾
9. 浩劫
10. 劫数
11. 不测事件
12. 大祸
13. 大灾害
14. 不幸事件

1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

   "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"
   "the earthquake was a disaster"
   

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

• 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

• 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

• war calamity战祸
• water calamity水灾

• 50 people were killed in the calamity 50人在那场灾难中丧生

• the calamity of war战祸（或兵燹）
• a real calamity to the nation对民族的一大灾难

• So full is the world of calamity, that every source of pleasure is polluted.

  出自：S. Johnson

• ☆ 15世纪初期进入英语，直接源自中古法语的calamite，意为灾难。