n. 灾难，灾祸；不幸
英 [dɪ'zɑːstə] 美 [dɪ'zæstɚ]
权威例句
- An airliner came close to disaster while approaching Heathrow Airport.
一架大型客机在飞近希思罗机场时差点儿发生空难。
来自柯林斯例句 - We were in a disaster situation that defies description.
我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。
来自柯林斯例句 - The President described the disaster as an act of God.
总统将这场灾难说成是天灾。
来自柯林斯例句 - An investigation is underway to find out how the disaster happened.
调查已经展开，以查明灾难是如何发生的。
来自柯林斯例句 - Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster.
投资者预料会出现灾难，正在储备大量现金。
来自柯林斯例句
中文词源
disaster 灾难
dis-, 不，非，使相反。-aster, 星星，星辰，词源同star, asterisk.即星位不正，在古代占星术中预示着灾难降临。
英文词源
disaster
**disaster: **[16] The word _disaster _has astrological connotations. It comes, perhaps via French désastre, from Italian disastro; this was a backformation from disastrato, literally ‘ill-starred’, a compound adjective formed from the pejorative prefix dis- and _astro _‘star’, a descendant of Latin _astrum _‘star’. This in turn came from Greek _astron _‘star’, source of English _astronomy _and related to English star. So the underlying meaning of the word is ‘malevolent astral influence’. Provençal has the parallel _malastre _‘misfortune’.
disaster (n.)
1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro "ill-starred," from dis-, here merely pejorative (see dis-) + astro "star, planet," from Latin astrum, from Greek astron (see star (n.)). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet.
