国际音标

英 [dɪˈzɑːstə(r)]

美 [dɪˈzæstər]

中文解释

n. 灾祸, 不幸, 彻底失败

英英词典

a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

同义词：catastrophe

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

同义词：calamity, catastrophe, tragedy, cataclysm

an act that has disastrous consequences

例句应用

1、Disaster victim, Jun Jace:Last night was very difficult for us all. If we didn't swim for it, we would have been burned alive.

昨晚经历的实在很艰辛，因为若我们不奋性命跟水拼，就会活活被火苗吞噬。

2、The Mandans protected themselves against the disaster of crop failure and accompanying hunger.
曼丹人保护自己免受作物歉收以及由此引发得饥饿。

3、Tens of thousands more suffered terrible injuries in the world's worst industrial disaster.

还有成千上万人在那场全世界最严重的工业灾难中受了重伤。