disasters such as floods and famine

Poverty and human folly magnify natural disasters.

贫困和人类的愚昧加剧了自然灾难。

With how many more perils and disasters would he load himself?

他还要再冒多少风险和遭受多少灾难?

These difficulties are caused by natural disasters.

这些困难都是由自然灾害造成的.

But fairly soon real life disasters took care of publicity.

但现实生活中的灾难很快就使这个宣传失效了.

Be prepared against war, be prepared against natural disasters , and do everything for the people.

备战备荒为人民.

The people here are reduced to dire poverty because of ( the ) natural disasters.

这里的人们由于自然灾害而穷不聊生.

The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.

暴雨成灾.

The first four years of government were completely disastrous.

政府前4年的执政彻底失败。

The effect on her was disastrous.

这件事可把她害惨了.

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

悲剧:以主人公可悲的或灾难性的结局结束的故事.

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。”