disastrous
英 [dɪ'zɑːstrəs]
美[dɪ'zæstrəs]
- adj. 灾难性的；损失惨重的；悲伤的
考试真题
- All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.
2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- We will see unimaginative governments and dying corporations make disastrous decisions.
2017年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- Earlier this month a separate study found that a combination of climate change and industrial fishing is threatening the krill (磷虾) population in Antarctic waters, with a potentially disastrous impact on whales, seals and penguins.
2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
- It's become so iconic that attempts to change its taste in 1985—sweetening it in a move projected to boost sales—proved disastrous, with widespread anger from consumers.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
- In fact, they were shot from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a disastrous shipwreck, by a cameraman who had no reasonable expectation of survival.
2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
- The impact of dropping birth rate on developing countries may not be but disastrous.
2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 题设