disaster
di'zɑ:stәnoun
A22,981st most heard wordIn 40 of 2278 videos (2%)heard 48 timeslast on Oct 16, 2026
- n. an act that has disastrous consequences
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- 1:48You know, disasters are getting a lot more expensive for the government.你知道，灾难对政府来说变得越来越昂贵了。Sand and Money | This Old House
- 8:19Like you're not even going to have natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes and stuff like that.你甚至不会遇到地震、飓风之类的自然灾害。How to Talk with Anyone: Master English Small Talk Conversation
- 13:53I like that because it sounds softer than my room is a disaster.我喜欢这个说法，因为它听起来比“我的房间是一场灾难”要委婉一些。30 Minutes of Real Daily English Conversation | Improve Your English (A2–B1) | Listen & Learn
- 13:15News of the disaster quickly reaches Chile's mining minister, Lawrence Goldberg.灾难的消息迅速传到了智利矿业部长劳伦斯·戈尔伯恩耳中。Inside the Chilean Mine Rescue (Full Episode) | Witness to Disaster | National Geographic
- 10:43Networks pop up in a lot of places in nature and engineering, from cybersecurity to materials science to power grid design, and the math of network theory is helping scientists plan against disasters or design new materials, all by connecting the dots.网络在自然界和工程学中随处可见，从网络安全到材料科学，再到电网设计，网络理论的数学知识正在帮助科学家预防灾难或设计新材料，而这一切都是通过将各个点连接起来实现的。Why Can't Every Flight Be Direct?
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baybein. an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulfbeachbi:tʃn. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lakestormstɒ:mn. a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightningsandsændn. a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coralocean'әuʃәnn. a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphereliveliv.laivv. lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
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