disastrous

Word family (noun) disaster (adjective) disastrous (adverb) disastrously

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdisastrousdi‧sas‧trous /dɪˈzɑːstrəs $ dɪˈzæ-/ adjective FAILDISASTERvery bad, or ending in failure a disastrous first marriagedisastrous effects/consequences/results Climate change could have disastrous effects on Earth. The move proved disastrous (=was disastrous) for the company. —disastrously adverbExamples from the Corpusdisastrous• I can see that for the marine fishkeeper, a bad test kit 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 disastrous consequences.• 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 disastrous outcome.• He worked the bellows furiously, with disastrous results.• Much of the damage wrought by the disastrous three-day storm was still apparent.proved disastrous• His attempts to dangle babies on his knee had proved disastrous.• Mrs Roper and I were entitled to legal aid, but unfortunately Mrs McNeil wasn't, and that proved disastrous.• A small number of these experiments proved 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 partnership proved disastrous in a publicly owned corporation.

单词	disastrous
释义	disastrous Word family (noun) disaster (adjective) disastrous (adverb) disastrously From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdisastrousdi‧sas‧trous /dɪˈzɑːstrəs $ dɪˈzæ-/ ●●○ adjective FAILDISASTERvery bad, or ending in failure a disastrous first marriagedisastrous effects/consequences/results Climate change could have disastrous effects on Earth. The move proved disastrous (=was disastrous) for the company. —disastrously adverbExamples from the Corpusdisastrous• I can see that for the marine fishkeeper, a bad test kit 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 disastrous consequences.• 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 disastrous outcome.• He worked the bellows furiously, with disastrous results.• Much of the damage wrought by the disastrous three-day storm was still apparent.proved disastrous• His attempts to dangle babies on his knee had proved disastrous.• Mrs Roper and I were entitled to legal aid, but unfortunately Mrs McNeil wasn't, and that proved disastrous.• A small number of these experiments proved 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 partnership proved disastrous in a publicly owned corporation.
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