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单词 calamity
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calamity

noun
/kəˈlæməti/
/kəˈlæməti/
[countable, uncountable]
(plural calamities)
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  1. an event that causes great damage to people’s lives, property, etc. synonym disaster
    • The country suffered a series of calamities during the 1980s.
    • His financial help saved the magazine from total calamity.
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘disaster,’ and‘ distress’): from Old French calamite, from Latin calamitas.
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