disaster的音标

英 [dɪˈzɑːstə(r)]

美 [dɪˈzæstər]

disaster的用法

n. 灾难;灾祸;灾害;不幸;祸患;彻底失败的人(或事)

复数： disasters

记忆技巧：dis 不 + aster 星星 → 星位不正 → 灾难

disaster的例句

1.It was the second air disaster in the region in less than two months
这已经是该地区不到两个月内的第二次空难了。

2.The whole production was just a disaster!
整个产品简直就是一个败笔！

3.The government brought itself to the brink of fiscal disaster
政府把自己推向了财政危机的边缘。

4.Many had lost all in the disaster and were destitute.
很多人被灾难夺去了一切，变得一无所有。

5.It would be a disaster for them not to reach the semi-finals
如果不能挺进半决赛，对他们来说就是完败。

disaster的常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1.She was in Mexico City when the disaster happened.
灾难发生时她在墨西哥城。

2.They kept a record of earthquake disasters.
他们记录了地震的经过。

3.The party was an absolute disaster.
那次聚会搞得一塌糊涂。

disaster的词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+disaster

avert disaster 避开灾祸
court〔invite〕 disaster 招致灾祸
suffer disaster 遭受灾祸

形容词+disaster

dire disaster 可怕的灾祸

disaster+介词

disaster for〔to〕 … 的灾祸

disaster的真题例句

1.Private postal companies also support disaster relief efforts by distributing urgent supplies.
2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

2.Rebuilding can take a long time, and even then, impressions of the disaster may still remain.
2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

3.On the exercise’s website, officials explain that the report they prepare during this rehearsal will inform disaster management for years to come.
2019年12月六级真题（套）阅读 Section C

4.You wrote in the book: "I don't want to photograph the disaster."
2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

5.A disaster can change everything in life.
2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

6.According to the Overseas Development Institute Odi, however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

7.The principle of British welfare is no longer that you can insure yourself against the risk of unemployment and receive unconditional payments if the disaster happens.
出自-2014年考研阅读原文

8.No one tries harder than the jobless to find silver linings in this national economic disaster.
2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ