FAILDISASTERvery bad, or ending in failure 災難性的,以失敗告終的
a disastrous first marriage
以失敗告終的第一次婚姻
disastrous effects/consequences/results
Climate change could have disastrous effects on Earth.
氣候變化可能給地球帶來災難性的影響。
The move proved disastrous (=was disastrous) for the company.
這一行動對公司來說是一場災難。
—disastrouslyadverbadv
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disastrous• I can see that for the marine fishkeeper, a bad testkit could be disastrous.• To have had more public spending rather than less would have been disastrous.• There was a fault in the engine design, which had disastrousconsequences.• a disastrous early marriage• A disastrous fire destroyed much of the city in the early 1900s.• Used carelessly, they can be disastrous for companies, governments, and investors.• So I am hoping, sirs, that you can decide between their claims, and avoid such a disastrousoutcome.• A disastrouspesticidespillkilled all water life along 40 miles of the river.• He worked the bellows furiously, with disastrous results.• Much of the damage wrought by the disastrous three-day storm was still apparent.
proved disastrous• From time to time Jos would look over Mungo's shoulder, suggestingtactics which invariably proved disastrous.• His attempts to danglebabies on his knee had proved disastrous.• Mrs Roper and I were entitled to legalaid, but unfortunately Mrs McNeil wasn't, and that proved disastrous.• A small number of these experimentsproved disastrous for both members and the larger society.• That moved proved disastrous for the Cardinals, who were 12-20 under Ryan.• And what worked for a partnershipproved disastrous in a publicly owned corporation.
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, prove是災難性的;證明是災難性的▸➤become變成災難性的ADVERB➤absolutely, completely, quite, truly, utterly絕對災難性的;完全災難性的◇The policy was absolutely disastrous for the economy.這項政策對經濟而言絕對是災難性的。➤fairly, pretty損害相當嚴重的▸➤potentially可能造成災害的▸➤ecologically, economically, environmentally, financially, politically生態上/經濟上/環境上/財政上/政治上災難性的➤equally同樣災難性的◇This could have equally disastrous consequences.這會導致同樣災難性的後果。
disastrous ♦︎ devastating ♦︎ catastrophicThese are all words to describe events and situations that cause great suffering or damage.這些詞均表示極糟糕的、災難性的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆disastrous / devastating / catastrophic for sb / sth◆a disastrous / devastating / catastrophic effect / impact / failure / defeat / fire / storm / flood◆disastrous / devastating / catastrophic consequences / results / events◆potentially disastrous / devastating / catastrophic◆particularly / quite / absolutely / utterly disastrous / devastating■disastrous dɪˈzɑːstrəs; NAmEdɪˈzæstrəs (ratherinformal) very bad, harmful or unsuccessful極其嚴重的;災難性的;徹底失敗的◆Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy.降低利率可能給經濟帶來災難性的後果。◆The church was rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824.該教堂於1824年一場災難性的火災之後重建。◆It was a disastrous start to the season for the team.對於該隊來說,這是本賽季一次災難性的開局。 see also disaster ⇨ crisis▸disastrously
adverb
◆How could everything go so disastrously wrong?怎麽會事事都出這麽大的錯呢?■devastatingˈdevəsteɪtɪŋ causing a lot of damage and destruction; extremely shocking to sb破壞性極大的;毀滅性的;令人震驚的◆She was injured in a devastating explosion.她在一次毀滅性的爆炸事故中受了傷。◆It will be a devastating blow to the local community if the factory closes.如果這家工廠倒閉,對當地社區將是一次毀滅性打擊。◆It was then that she heard the devastating news that her father was dead.就在那時,她驚悉父親去世的噩耗。 see also devastate ⇨ destroy, devastated ⇨ upset■catastrophicˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk; NAmEˌkætəˈstrɑːfɪkcausing great damage or suffering災難性的;破壞性極大的◆Catastrophic floods inundated the region in 1636.1636年該地區發生了災難性的洪災。◆Increased tourism has been catastrophic for the local ecology.旅遊業的發展給當地的生態造成了極大破壞。◆He may come to be blamed for the party's catastrophic defeat at the polls.也許他要面臨爲該黨在民意測驗中的災難性失敗承擔責任。 see also catastrophe ⇨ crisis▸catastrophically
adverb
◆The system has failed catastrophically.這個系統徹底崩潰了。NOTE辨析 Devastating or catastrophic?Both these words are used to describe the harmful effects of events such as war, fires and floods on the economy, the environment or people's lives. Devastating also describes events and news that deeply affect sb emotionally. Catastrophic also describes defeats and failures in politics.這兩個詞都用於描述戰爭、火災、洪水等給經濟、環境或人們生活所造成的有害影響。devastating還可描述重大精神打擊,catastrophic還可描述政治上的失敗。