calamityca•lam•i•ty /kə'læmɪtɪ/

n C

1. 灾难，灾祸

• suffer natural calamities 遭受自然灾害

• a real calamity to the nation 民族的真正灾难

2. (巨大的)不幸；痛苦；苦难

• The loss of the ship was a calamity to the Navy. 损失这艘船对海军是一大不幸。

–calamitous adj –calamitously adv