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disastrously

/dih-zas-truhs, -zah-struhs/US // dɪˈzæs trəs, -ˈzɑ strəs //

灾难性地,灾难性的,灾难性,惨不忍睹

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
    • : Archaic. foreboding disaster.

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Examples

  • Decades of rushing to stamp out flames that naturally clear out small trees and undergrowth have had disastrous unintended consequences.

  • If the TV doesn’t know exactly how long your soundbar will take, it may send the video before the soundbar has finished, leading to a disastrous mismatch of the mouths on screen.

  • Furthermore, in all three of these cases, poorly informed decisions set a disastrous chain of events in motion.

  • Such publication often had disastrous consequences for the person “outed” in print.

  • The disease would likely spread, which would be disastrous for many people beyond just you.

  • He knew that a public appearance with Duke could be disastrous.

  • At any moment, the slightest loss in concentration could see a disastrous tumble.

  • The Ebola pandemic in West Africa is having a disastrous effect on tourism on the whole continent.

  • But the consequences of a filing would have been disastrous.

  • Another memorable, if not disastrous, misstep, of course, was his turn as Batman in Batman and Robin.

  • The promises of Bellamy and Planner were as far from fulfilment as ever; their performance as vigorous and disastrous as at first.

  • And new consequences, still more disastrous than any she had foreseen, presented themselves one after another.

  • The following might have been more disastrous in its results; the same parties were concerned.

  • One way alone offered—to break the disastrous contracts by payments made down without delay.

  • Besides, the storm that had threatened on the night of his first visit had proved a most disastrous one.