disastrous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈzɑː.stɹəs/    美 /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/|/dɪˈzaː.stɹəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of the nature of a disaster; calamitous.
    — In addition, he was also able to reinforce the unease among progressive Democratic-leaning voters over Clinton’s disastrous pro-interventionist positions, thereby suppressing turnout and encouraging third party support in some key swing states that made the difference in his Electoral College victory.
  2. Foreboding disaster; ill-omened.
    — A fearsome sight it was to behold how he swelled in his wrath, and his eyes blazed like disastrous stars at midnight, and being wood with anger he gnashed his teeth till the froth stood at his lips and slavered down his chin.

词形变化

more disastrous comparative most disastrous superlative disastress alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
apocalyptic calamitous cataclysmal cataclysmic catastrophic deadly debacular destructive devastating disadventurous disastrous eradicative extirpative fatal harmful lethal pernicious ruinous woeful
衍生词
disastrously disastrousness nondisastrous undisastrous
相关词
disaster disastrously

词源

From disaster + -ous, after Middle French desastreux (modern French désastreux; from desastre (modern French désastre, “disaster”; from des- + astre, a calque of Italian disastro) + -eux), itself after Italian disastroso, from disastro + -oso, from dis- (“away, without”) (from Latin dis-) + astro (“star, planet”) (from Latin astrum (“star, celestial body”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary