disastrous
英[dɪ'zɑːstrəs]
美[dɪ'zæstrəs]
- adj. 灾难性的；损失惨重的；悲伤的
英英释意
- 1. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;
- "the stock market crashed on Black Friday"
- "a calamitous defeat"
- "the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"
- "such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin
- "it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur
- "a fateful error"