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disaster [dıˈzɑːstə] N

disaster
灾难 zāinàn
disaster
灾祸 zāihuò
▶ disastrous [dıˈzɑːstrəs] ADJ
▶ disastrously ADV

lustrous [ˈlʌstrəs] ADJ

monstrous [ˈmɒnstrəs] ADJ

2. monstrous:

monstrous
巨大的 jùdàde
▶ monstrously ADV
▶ monstrousness N

disapprove [ˌdısəˈpruːv] VB trans, intr

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Towards the end of the year it assumed a disastrous rapidity.
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However, these figures largely represented the jump in construction as the country struggled to rebuild after the disastrous 1972 earthquake.
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One wrong word, a single misguided act, could be disastrous to the project and to the world.
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One wall of the house survived a disastrous fire in 1879, and the rest was rebuilt.
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This led to his introduction to the business, which eventually proved disastrous.
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Since any attempt at that would have been architecturally disastrous, tunnels were constructed instead.
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They are not immediately inactivated by heat, however, so a minor gap in the cold chain is not disastrous.
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The secrecy proved disastrous and as dissension broke out the real aims became clearer.
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He responds with a disastrous attempt by the officers to build the club themselves.
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This attempt was even more disastrous than the first.
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