calamity
calamity
意味(日本語)
災難
語源
- calamit : L.calamitas = misfortune(災難)
意味(英語)
- (noun) An event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; a disaster: A hurricane would be a calamity for this low-lying coastal region.
- (noun) Dire distress resulting from loss or tragedy.
例文
- Happening now, Robert Gates officially taking charge of the Pentagon and the troubled war in Iraq with a swearing in ceremony -- he's warning that failure in Iraq would be what he called a calamity that would haunt the U.S. -- his words -- for decades.
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calamitous
calamitous
災難の(多い)
語源
- calamit : L.calamitas = misfortune(災難)