0 a terrible event, especially one that causes great damage, loss etc -- tai họa
The earthquake was the greatest disaster the country had ever experienced.
Thus, drought, one of the greatest natural disasters intermittently confronting the nation, was blamed on political conflicts within the royal family.
They are predictive in that one could use them with hypothetical disasters to predict what the most likely policy and political outcomes will be.
The states ensured that their peoples were able to regain the property that they regularly lost to natural disasters and to foreign invasion.
Since the early 1970s, the region seems to have been widely beset by civil wars, political upheavals, famines and other natural disasters.
Historical studies of major natural disasters offer invaluable insights into a society by revealing long-term themes and continuities.
A contemporary chronicler opined (in the annal for 1011) that 'all those disasters befell us through bad policy (unraeligdas)'.
Other scholars have concentrated on individuals or local efforts with a particular emphasis on ballooning firsts or ballooning disasters.
Catastrophic disasters violate expectations about an efficient and forceful government response and damage agency reputations.
中文繁体
災難,大禍…
More中文简体
灾难,大祸…
MoreEspañol
desastre, desastre [masculine], catástrofe [feminine]…
MorePortuguês
desastre…
More日本語
災害, 大惨事, 大失敗…
MoreTürk dili
felaket, âfet, yıkım…
MoreFrançais
désastre [masculine], catastrophe [feminine], désastre…
MoreCatalan
desastre…
More