calamitous

/kuh-lam-i-tuhs/US // kəˈlæm ɪ təs //UK // (kəˈlæmɪtəs) //

灾难性的,灾难性,灾害性的,灾害性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

adj.disastrous; tragic

Synonyms

One hypothesis that projected calamitous sea level rise is called the marine ice cliff instability.
Here was a rare opportunity, many of us hoped, for humanity to pause and redress the calamitous harm it had long inflicted upon nature.
Education leaders see it as a desperately needed remedy for a calamitous school year that left many students across the country struggling and falling behind.
The protagonists are earnest rubes, the antagonists villainous caricatures, and as in Wolfe’s best-selling tomes, the unlikely subplots thread into a fiery, calamitous climax.
Alayna Curry, an Orlando Health spokeswoman, said the hospital would not discuss Reggie’s calamitous birth, even though his mother has.
As politicians, Clinton was capable where Ford was calamitous.
Thus far the one thing we know for sure: a calamitous plunge in voter turnout, down 7.3 points from 2008 levels.
There are two more interviews that go similarly—and even a calamitous speech given by both Bert Rodriguezes.
Forced sterilisation was by far the most calamitous exercise undertaken during the Emergency.
A second world war, he believed, would have calamitous effects, including imperiling his own children.
Three calamitous invasions in one year might well have induced reflection in a statesmanlike mind.

/kuh-lam-i-tuhs/US // kəˈlæm ɪ təs //UK // (kəˈlæmɪtəs) //

灾难性的,灾难性,灾害性的,灾害性

adj.形容词 adjective

adj.disastrous; tragic

Synonyms

One hypothesis that projected calamitous sea level rise is called the marine ice cliff instability.
Here was a rare opportunity, many of us hoped, for humanity to pause and redress the calamitous harm it had long inflicted upon nature.
Education leaders see it as a desperately needed remedy for a calamitous school year that left many students across the country struggling and falling behind.
The protagonists are earnest rubes, the antagonists villainous caricatures, and as in Wolfe’s best-selling tomes, the unlikely subplots thread into a fiery, calamitous climax.
Alayna Curry, an Orlando Health spokeswoman, said the hospital would not discuss Reggie’s calamitous birth, even though his mother has.
As politicians, Clinton was capable where Ford was calamitous.
Thus far the one thing we know for sure: a calamitous plunge in voter turnout, down 7.3 points from 2008 levels.
There are two more interviews that go similarly—and even a calamitous speech given by both Bert Rodriguezes.
Forced sterilisation was by far the most calamitous exercise undertaken during the Emergency.
A second world war, he believed, would have calamitous effects, including imperiling his own children.
Three calamitous invasions in one year might well have induced reflection in a statesmanlike mind.