disastrous

/dɪˈzɑːstrəs/ (bre, ipa) · /dɪˈzæstrəs/ (ame, ipa) · /di-ˈza-strəs also -ˈsa-/ (ame, mw)

disastrous — 形容詞

  • disastrouspositive
  • more disastrouscomparative
  • most disastroussuperlative

1. causing so much harm, damage, or failure that a situation is completely ruined.

1.形容詞B2
釋義

災難性的

造成極大破壞或失敗的

causing so much harm, damage, or failure that a situation is completely ruined.

例句

The team's disastrous performance in the final match cost them the championship.

該隊在決賽中的災難性表現讓他們失去了冠軍頭銜。

attributive: disastrous + noun (performance)

Mathieu's disastrous attempt to bake a cake ended with smoke filling the kitchen.

Mathieu 的蛋糕烘焙嘗試以災難收場，廚房裡充滿了煙霧。

同義詞
  • catastrophic

    similar intensity but usually suggests a sudden, large-scale tragedy; disastrous can describe smaller personal failures too

  • devastating

    focuses more on emotional or physical destruction and the feeling of being overwhelmed

  • calamitous

    more formal and literary; suggests widespread misfortune affecting many people

反義詞

文法句型

disastrous + noun

be + disastrous

用法筆記

Commonly used with abstract nouns describing outcomes (effect, result, consequence, mistake, failure, decision) rather than concrete objects or people.

常見錯誤

❌The rainy weather was disastrous for our picnic.
✅The flood had a disastrous effect on the village.
💡'disastrous' implies serious harm or destruction, not mild disappointment.