disaster
US /dɪˈzæstɚ, -ˈsæs-/
・UK /dɪ'zɑ:stə(r)/
A2 初級英檢中級
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)災
After the storm hit, the town was a complete disaster
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)徹底的失敗
The play was a complete disaster; the actors forgot their lines, and the set fell apart.
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)很糟的人
He is a disaster in the kitchen; he always burns everything.
n. (u.)不可數名詞災難(不可數)
The lack of preparation led to disaster.
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我讓我的孩子們做了一週的化妝 (I Let My Kids Do My Makeup For A Week)
13:39
- I think this is gonna be a disaster
我覺得這會是一個災難
這些建築如何使土耳其-敘利亞的地震如此致命 (How these buildings made Turkey-Syria’s earthquake so deadly)
06:16
- But what really complicates this disaster is that Turkey was aware of the buildings that were the most high risk.
但真正讓這場災難的成因如此複雜的是,土耳其知道該國的建築物是高危險的。
- It became clear that poor building design and soft stories which made up nearly 90% of building collapses exacerbated the death toll in this disaster.
當時就知曉佔建築倒塌近 90% 的糟糕建築設計和軟底層結構建築加劇了這場災難中的死亡人數。
孩子並不總是讓你更快樂。這就是為什麼人們還是要生孩子。| 保羅-布魯姆 (Kids don’t always make you happier. Here’s why people have them anyway. | Paul Bloom)
04:56
- "Wow, what a disaster that was.
"哇,這真是一場災難。
- But people don't seem to say, "Wow, what a disaster that was. What a bad move."
但人們似乎並沒有說:「哇,這真是一場災難。 多麼糟糕的一手。」
跟著BBC一起看新聞標題學英文:冰島為火山爆發做好準備 (Iceland prepares for volcano: BBC News Review)
05:53
- Well, we might talk about an 'imminent disaster', an 'imminent attack' or an 'imminent crisis' and it has this idea that there is a bad thing hanging over a situation that we think is about to happen soon.
我們可能會談論「迫在眉睫的災難」、「迫在眉睫的襲擊」或「迫在眉睫的危機」,它的意思是,我們認為即將發生的情況有一件壞事籠罩著。
英王查爾斯三世的首次聖誕文告 (The King's Christmas Broadcast 2022 - BBC)
08:34
- be it for those around the world facing conflict, famine, or natural disaster,
不論是世界各地面臨衝突、饑荒或自然災害的人,