V2EX calamitous

Calamitous

释义 Definition

**形容词 (adj.)**:灾难性的,造成巨大损失或不幸的。形容某事带来严重的破坏或灾祸。

发音 Pronunciation

/klmts/

例句 Examples

The calamitous flood destroyed hundreds of homes in the valley.
那场灾难性的洪水摧毁了山谷中数百座房屋。

The president's calamitous decision to ignore the warnings led to the worst economic crisis the country had ever seen.
总统无视警告的灾难性决定导致了该国有史以来最严重的经济危机。

词源 Etymology

源自拉丁语 calamitas,意为"损害、灾难",经由中古法语 calamiteux 进入英语。拉丁语 calamitas 的更早来源不确定,有一种说法认为它与 calamus(芦苇、谷秆)有关,最初可能指谷物遭受的自然灾害(如冰雹打坏庄稼)。该词在16世纪进入英语,用于形容造成巨大灾祸的事件或行为。

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文学作品引用 Literary References

  • 查尔斯狄更斯在《双城记》(A Tale of Two Cities) 中使用该词描绘法国大革命时期灾难性的社会动荡。
  • 托马斯哈代在《德伯家的苔丝》(Tess of the d'Urbervilles) 中用此词形容命运对主人公的无情打击。
  • 爱德华吉本在《罗马帝国衰亡史》(The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) 中频繁使用该词描述帝国面临的各种灾难性事件。
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