1 [C] an event that causes a lot of harm or damage 灾祸;灾难:
earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters地震、洪水及其他天灾
2 [C,U] a terrible situation or event 可怕的境况;可怕的事件:
Losing your job is unpleasant, but it's not a disaster.失业是令人不快的,但还算不上灾难。This year's lack of rain could spell disaster for the region.今年雨水不足,有可能给这个地区造成灾难。
3 [C,U] (informal 非正式) a complete failure 大失败:
The school play was an absolute disaster. Everything went wrong.学校的戏完全演砸了。什么都出差错。 ➔disastrouslyadvThe plan went disastrously wrong.计划出现严重的错误。
disaster/dIˋzæstɚ; dIˈzɑːstə/n [C,U]1 an event such as an accident, flood, or storm that causes a lot of harm or suffering 灾难﹐灾祸﹔灾害: an air disaster in which 329 people died 造成 329 人丧生的一场空难ecological/environmental/natural etc disaster The drought was the worst natural disaster this century. 这次旱灾是本世纪最为严重的一次自然灾害。the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 切尔诺贝利核灾难The country is on the edge of economic disaster . 这个国家处于经济灾难的边缘。+for The flood could spell disaster for wildlife (=cause a lot of harm in the future). 这场大洪水可能给野生生物带来灾难。see box at见 ACCIDENT 方框2 something that is a complete failure 灾难﹐不幸﹐彻底失败: Our Christmas party was a complete disaster . 我们的圣诞晚宴彻底搞砸了。
disasterdisasterdisastersnoun1something very bad that happens and that may hurt a lot of people: Floods and earthquakes are natural disasters.2a very bad situation or event: Our holiday was a disaster! It rained all week!