disaster calamity adversity personal misfortune
By strengthening the embankments they secured the village from floods.
他们加固河堤让村子免受洪水之灾。
—— 给力词典精选This child is always making trouble for his parents.
这孩子老给父母招灾惹祸。
—— 给力词典精选It´s called the Pan-Carib-bean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project, which is quite a mouthful.
它被称为thePan-CaribbeanDisasterPreparednessandPreventionProject(泛加勒比备灾防灾项目),名称相当冗长拗口。
—— 柯林斯例句The stores had to cope with a plague of burglaries.
商店不得不设法对付盗贼之灾。
—— 辞典例句Periodic local catastrophes reduce populations.
周期性的局部地区的灾变降低了种群的数量。
—— 辞典例句