Disaster
[ d?'z?st? ]
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n. 災難;徹底的失敗;不幸;禍患;
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dis不+aster星→星位不正，表示有災難 → 災難，災禍
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Does this augur disaster for our team?
這是否預兆我們隊大難臨頭?
a boding of disaster
災難的先兆
We overcame the natural disaster and got in a bumper harvest.
我們戰勝了自然災害并獲得了豐收。
His plans are a recipe for (ie are likely to lead to) disaster.
他的計畫後患無窮.
Henry remembered this, afterward, when the disaster came, and acted accordingly.
后來災禍臨來，亨利果然記住了這個，并且照這樣做了。
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【記】※ di-拼音“弟”,sas-Sars非典,t-似數字“七”,er-拼音“兒”:弟弟的七個孩子得了Sars,真是災難
※ dis-諧音“的士”,a-一,st-拼音“石頭”,er-拼音“兒”:兒子開的的士撞到了一塊石頭,發生了災難
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-astro-表示“星辰”
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disaster
n
1 [C]
(a) event that causes great harm or damage, eg a fire, a serious defeat, the loss of a large sum of money 災難; 災禍; 災害
Thousands died in the disaster. 數千人死於這場災禍.
Losing your job needn't be such a disaster. 你不必把丟了工作看成是大難臨頭.
a natural disaster, ie an accident, such as an earthquake or a flood, that is not caused by human beings 自然災害.
(b) (infml 口) person or thing that is a complete failure 徹底失敗的人或事物
As a teacher, he's a disaster. 他是個很糟糕的教師.
The play's first night was a disaster. 這出戲頭一晚就演砸了.
2 [U] failure 失敗: His career is a story of utter disaster. 他在事業上一事無成.
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地扎死他(諧音)：地震扎死了他- 大災難 dis(否定的，不好的)+aster(star星星):災星降臨必有 災難
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*[di'zɑ:st?]n. 災禍, 不幸, 徹底失敗
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The horse leaped a stream.
馬越過小溪。
Marriage is a lottery.
婚姻是一件難于預料的事。
He was known to us all as Dickie and his eccentricity had become legendary long before he died.
大家都管他叫迪基。早在他去世前很久，他的古怪行為就成了傳奇故事了。