calamity

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  • n.灾难；灾祸
  • Web灾害；祸患；不幸事件
Plural Form：calamities  

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calamity
n.
1.
灾难；灾祸an event that causes great damage to people's lives, property, etc.

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1.
It seemed to me that the great calamity had already manifested itself, that I could be no more truly alone than at this very moment.
我认为这场大灾难已经显露出迹象，我再也不会像此时此刻这样真的一人独处。
wǒ rèn wéi zhè chǎng dà zāi nàn yǐ jīng xiǎn lù chū jì xiàng , wǒ zài yě bú huì xiàng cǐ shí cǐ kè zhè yàng zhēn de yī rén dú chǔ 。
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2.
Several times a year, the calm world of the shrimp and algae would crackle and hiss and boil as calamity reigned for a few hours.
一年有那么几次，让这个由小虾和藻类组成的平静世界产生几个小时的灾祸，噼啪作响、嘶嘶作声、沸腾起来。
yī nián yǒu nà me jǐ cì , ràng zhè ge yóu xiǎo xiā hé zǎo lèi zǔ chéng de píng jìng shì jiè chǎn shēng jǐ gè xiǎo shí de zāi huò , pī pā zuò xiǎng 、 sī sī zuò shēng 、 fèi téng qǐ lái 。
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3.
still less unfold the business to my master, absorbed as he was in his present calamity, and having no heart to spare for a second grief!
更不敢把这件事向我的主人揭露，他正沉浸在他目前的灾难里，经受不住又一次的悲痛了！
gèng bù gǎn bǎ zhè jiàn shì xiàng wǒ de zhǔ rén jiē lù , tā zhèng chén jìn zài tā mù qián de zāi nàn lǐ , jīng shòu bù zhù yòu yī cì de bēi tòng le !
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4.
To a man laboring under calamity , the heat of his own fire hath sadness in it.
对于一个在不幸中操劳的人来说，他的热情中隐藏着某种悲伤。
duì yú yī gè zài bú xìng zhōng cāo láo de rén lái shuō , tā de rè qíng zhōng yǐn cáng zhe mǒu zhǒng bēi shāng 。
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5.
and if the latter, then death or any other calamity which may ensue on my remaining here must not be allowed to enter into the calculation.
如果后者是正确的，那么即使死亡和其他灾难会在我选择留下后发生，也不能让它们进入到我们的思考之内。
rú guǒ hòu zhě shì zhèng què de , nà me jí shǐ sǐ wáng hé qí tā zāi nàn huì zài wǒ xuǎn zé liú xià hòu fā shēng , yě bù néng ràng tā men jìn rù dào wǒ men de sī kǎo zhī nèi 。
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6.
The calamity might have been contained if Lehman Brothers had been bailed out on September 14, 2008.
如果在2008年9月14日雷曼兄弟获得了担保，灾难也许不会发生。
rú guǒ zài èr líng líng bā nián jiǔ yuè shí sì rì léi màn xiōng dì huò dé le dān bǎo , zāi nàn yě xǔ bú huì fā shēng 。
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7.
If it spreads elsewhere in Europe, it could become a wider agricultural calamity, like the foot-and-mouth epidemic in Britain of 2001.
如果疫情扩展到欧洲其他地区，将演变成一个影响广泛的悲剧性的农业灾难。就如同2001年在英国的口蹄疫一样。
rú guǒ yì qíng kuò zhǎn dào ōu zhōu qí tā dì qū , jiāng yǎn biàn chéng yī gè yǐng xiǎng guǎng fàn de bēi jù xìng de nóng yè zāi nàn 。 jiù rú tóng èr líng líng yī nián zài yīng guó de kǒu tí yì yí yàng 。
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8.
What was the cause of Israelite's calamity? How could Israelite get out of the calamity?
以色列遭到苦难的原因何在？以色列如何才能脱离苦难？
yǐ sè liè zāo dào kǔ nàn de yuán yīn hé zài ? yǐ sè liè rú hé cái néng tuō lí kǔ nàn ?
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9.
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
我必在仇敌面前分散他们，好像用东风吹散一样。遭难的日子，我必以背向他们，不以面向他们。
wǒ bì zài chóu dí miàn qián fēn sàn tā men , hǎo xiàng yòng dōng fēng chuī sǎn yí yàng 。 zāo nàn de rì zǐ , wǒ bì yǐ bèi xiàng tā men , bù yǐ miàn xiàng tā men 。
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10.
In trying to prevent financial-market calamity, the Fed may find itself pushed by Wall Street to leave interest rates too low for too long.
美联储在努力防止金融危机的同时，也许会发现它在华尔街的影响下在太长的时间内把利率调得太低了。
měi lián chǔ zài nǔ lì fáng zhǐ jīn róng wēi jī de tóng shí , yě xǔ huì fā xiàn tā zài huá ěr jiē de yǐng xiǎng xià zài tài cháng de shí jiān nèi bǎ lì lǜ diào de tài dī le 。
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