disaster

【发音】

美 /dɪ'zæstɚ/ 英 /dɪ'zɑːstə/

【翻译】

1. n.灾难，灾祸；天灾

   英释:a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which causes great damage or suffering

【记忆】

dis(不， 没有) ＋ aster(星星) → 星星消失了， 难道预示着灾难的来临 → 灾难

【短语】

1. natural disaster : 自然灾难，自然灾害

2. disaster relief : 赈灾；灾难援助

3. disaster prevention : 防灾

4. disaster area : 灾区

5. earthquake disaster : 地震灾害

6. disaster recovery : 灾难复原

7. disaster management : 灾难管理；灾备管理

8. environmental disaster : 环境灾难；生态灾害，生态灾难

9. meteorological disaster : 气象灾害

10. disaster preparedness : 防灾准备状态

11. recipe for disaster : 造成灾难的因素

12. social disaster : 社会灾祸

13. disaster recovery plan : 灾难恢复计划

14. disaster film : 灾难片

【例句】

1. One hundred and twenty people died in China’s worst air disaster .

   有120人在中国这起最惨烈的空难事故中丧生。

2. the economic consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

   切尔诺贝利核灾难给经济带来的后果

3. The 1987 hurricane was the worst natural disaster to hit England for decades.

   1987年的飓风是英格兰数十年来遭遇的最为严重的自然灾害。

4. Their expedition nearly ended in disaster , when one of the climbers slid off the mountain.

   一名登山者从山上滑落，他们的探险活动险些以灾难告终。

5. The drought could spell disaster for wildlife.

   干旱可能会对野生生物造成灾难。

6. Disaster struckwhen two men were killed during their parachute jumps.

   灾难突然降临，两名男子在跳伞过程中丧生。

7. The peace process was on the brink of disaster .

   和平进程到了灾难的边缘。

8. Luckily the pilot saw the other plane just in time, and a disaster was narrowly averted .

   幸好驾驶员及时看到了另一架飞机，侥幸避免了一场灾难。

【真题例句】

1. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 听力题)...But soon Smith is reporting the news even before it happens - and it's all terrible one disaster after another...

2. (2013.6 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...And a disaster has hit Detroit...

3. (2011.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...who studies disaster trends...

4. (2010.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...Their ability to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book...

【同、近义词】

1. n.灾难，灾祸；不幸

   tragedy/evil/calamity/grief/