In general , a literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy or disastrous end.

This mountainous area often suffered from disastrous droughts, and a lot of common people became homeless.

这个山区常常闹旱灾, 很多老百姓流离失所.

This had been a disastrous week for Prime Minister Major.

这对于梅杰首相来说是灾难性的一周。

If you tell a person to "step on it" or "throw on your coat," they may take you literally, with disastrous consequences.

如果你告诉一个人steponit（“加速；加快”，字面意义“踩在上面”）或者throwonyourcoat（“赶快穿上外套”，字面意义“扔在你的外套上”），他们可能会按字面理解你的话，那就会引起灾难性的后果。

If word got out now, a scandal could be disastrous.

如果消息现在传出去，可能会是灾难性的丑闻。

A disastrous business venture lost him thousands of dollars.

一个彻底失败的经营项目使他损失严重。

The new system has had a disastrous effect on productivity.

新制度对生产率产生了灾难性的影响.

The road was disastrous.

路面真糟糕.

He appears blithely unaware of the disastrous effects of the new system.

他看起来丝毫没有意识到新系统的灾难性后果。

He believed that the policies were both wrong and electorally disastrous.

他认为这些政策是错误的，而且对选举会产生灾难性后果。

Obree summed his weekend up in one word: "Disastrous."

奥布瑞用一个词总结了他的周末经历：“灾难。”

This had been a disastrous week for prime minister.

对于总理来说,这是灾难性的一星期.

His original idea was good, but his execution of the scheme was disastrous.

他的设想很好, 但实行起来却糟糕透顶.

Two of the world's top four computer manufacturers have announced a shotgun wedding prompted by slumping sales and disastrous financial losses.

世界四大计算机制造商中的两家因销量锐减和严重亏损已闪电宣布合并。

The President's attempts to be all things to all men had disastrous consequences.

总统企图讨好各方的做法招致了灾难性的后果.

Any intrusion by an external element can be disastrous to the whole objective.

任何入侵由一个外部因素,可以带来灾难性到整个目标.

The real value of the trust capital may be disastrously less than when the trust began.

信托资金的真正价值与托管财产相比则少得可怜.

Their profits began to spiral down disastrously.

他们的利润开始螺旋形地急剧下降.

The experiment went disastrously wrong, ie progressed in an unexpected way with very unpleasant results.

这个试验出了大问题.

The New York's circulation remained the same but the number of all pages dropped disastrously.

《纽约人》的发行量依然如故,但页数却灾难性地下降了.

Sometimes indigestion interferes with me. Hunger would interfere with disastrously.

有时消化不良妨碍我的工作, 饮饿的时候妨碍得更厉害.