disastrous

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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。

常見搭配
  • disastrous effect
  • disastrous result
  • disastrous consequences
  • disastrous failure
  • disastrous mistake
  • disastrous decision
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.

同根字

常見搭配

副詞搭配

  • utterly disastrous
  • absolutely disastrous
  • potentially disastrous
  • financially disastrous
  • politically disastrous
  • economically disastrous

介系詞搭配

  • disastrous for
  • disastrous in