very bad, harmful or unsuccessful synonym catastrophic, devastating极糟糕的;灾难性的;完全失败的 a disastrous harvest/fire/result 严重歉收/火灾;灾难性的结果 Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy. 降低利率可能给经济带来灾难性后果。 It was a disastrous start to the season for the team. 对于该队来说,这是本赛季一次灾难性的开局。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failurec1This could have equally disastrous consequences. 这会导致同样灾难性的后果。 The church was rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1824. 该教堂于1824年一场灾难性的火灾之后重建。 The war ended in 1815 but was followed by a series of disastrous harvests. 战争于1815年结束,但随之而来的是一系列灾难性的收成。
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Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘ill-fated’): from French désastreux, from Italian disastroso, from disastro ‘disaster’.