Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - disaster
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Disaster
disaster
~ n 1 a sudden event such as a flood, storm, or accident which causes great damage or suffering (108 people died in the mining disaster. | natural disaster (=caused by nature, not by an accident)) (The 1987 hurricane was the worst natural disaster to hit England for decades. | disaster area (=a place where a disaster has happened) | disaster strikes) (Disaster struck on the first day, when all our equipment was stolen.) 2 a complete failure (The party was a total disaster - half the guests didn't even turn up!)
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(disasters) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A disaster is a very bad accident such as an earthquake or a plane crash, especially one in which a lot of people are killed. It was the second air disaster in the region in less than two months... = tragedy N-COUNT 2. If you refer to something as a disaster, you are emphasizing that you think it is extremely bad or unacceptable. The whole production was just a disaster! = catastrophe N-COUNT c darkgreen]emphasis 3. Disaster is something which has very bad consequences for you. The government brought itself to the brink of fiscal disaster... = catastrophe N-UNCOUNT 4. If you say that something is a recipe for disaster, you mean that it is very likely to have unpleasant consequences. PHRASE: v-link PHR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French desastre, from Old Italian disastro, from dis- (from Latin) + astro star, from Latin astrum — more at astral Date: 1568 1. obsolete an unfavorable aspect of a planet or star 2. a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction; broadly a sudden or great misfortune or failure the party was a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a great or sudden misfortune. 2 a a complete failure. b a person or enterprise ending in failure. Derivatives disastrous adj. disastrously adv. Etymology: orig. 'unfavourable aspect of a star', f. F d{eacute}sastre or It. disastro (as DIS-, astro f. L astrum star) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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бедствие, катастрофа - ecological disaster - man-made disaster - natural disaster - weather disaster ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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сущ. бедствие, несчастье - disaster aid - disaster area - political disaster Syn: emergency, distress, calamity ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. бедствие political disaster —- политическая катастрофа public disaster —- народное бедствие railway disaster —- железнодорожная катастрофа to scent disaster —- чуять (надвигающуюся) беду to reach disaster proportions —- достичь катастрофических масштабов to bring disaster upon smb. —- накликать беду на кого-л., принести кому-л. несчастье to meet with (to suffer) disaster —- попасть в беду the trip turned into an unqualified disaster —- поездка обернулась подлинной катастрофой he is courting (heading for) disaster —- он идет навстречу гибели, его ждет неминуемая катастрофа (гибель) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1591, from M.Fr. desastre, from It. disastro "ill-starred," from dis- "away, without" + astro "star," from L. astrum, from Gk. astron. The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a star or planet. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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