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disastrous

adjective
 
🔊/dɪˈzɑːstrəs/
🔊/dɪˈzæstrəs/
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  1. very bad, harmful or unsuccessful极糟糕的；灾难性的；完全失败的 synonym catastrophic, devastating
    • a disastrous harvest/fire/result严重歉收／火灾；灾难性的结果
    • Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy.降低利率可能给经济带来灾难性后果。🔊🔊
    • It was a disastrous start to the season for the team.对于该队来说，这是本赛季一次灾难性的开局。
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    • This could have equally disastrous consequences.这会导致同样灾难性的后果。
    • The church was rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824.该教堂于1824年一场灾难性的火灾之后重建。
    • The war ended in 1815 but was followed by a series of disastrous harvests.战争于1815年结束，但随后出现了一系列灾难性的收成。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec1
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘ill-fated’): from French désastreux, from Italian disastroso, from disastro ‘disaster’.