spell disaster 是啥意思？拼写disaster？这有什么难的！

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这两年来，大家一起亲历或见证了不少的灾难。

从全球疫情，到河南洪水，再到屡次擦肩而过的台风，甚至遥想过世界末日......然而这些都没有打倒我们，比起面对灾难的恐惧，我们显然共同酝酿出了足以压制灾难的、更为强大的勇气。

那你知道英语中关于“灾难”的短语都有哪些吗？下面 我们就一起跟着外教Colin老师和 Norah老师学习有关的短语 吧⬇️

一定一定要点开音频
对照笔记一起学习，效果最好。

01.

大灾难

a disaster of epic proportions

• Meteorologists have been predicting that the hurricane will be a disaster of epic proportions for us because we're so close to the coast.

  气象学家一直预测，飓风对我们来说将是一场空前的灾难，因为我们离海岸太近了。

• Oh, my attempt to ask Addison to the dance was a disaster of epic proportions. I was so nervous that I couldn't say the words.

  哇，我邀请艾迪森参加舞会的尝试是一场空前的灾难。我太紧张了，以至于说不出话来。

02.

可能导致灾难的行为

a recipe for disaster

• Drinking all night and getting no sleep before your final exam is a recipe for disaster.

  在期末考试之前，整晚喝酒不睡觉可能会造成不好的结果。

• In hindsight,having the two sides of the family sitting at the same table for such a long stretch of time was always going to be a recipe for disaster.

  事后看来，让双方家庭长时间坐在同一张桌子上总是会带来灾难。

03.

经常闯祸的人

a walking disaster

• I heard that John got fired from another job because he kept on messing up his boss's instructions. What a walking disaster!

  我听说约翰被另一份工作解雇了，因为他老是混淆老板的指示。真是行走的灾难！

• First, I lock myself out of the house, then my grocery bag breaks in the parking lot, and now I stepped on my glasses—I’m just a walking disaster today!

  首先，我被锁在了门外，然后我的购物袋在停车场坏掉了，现在我踩到了我的眼镜。我今天真是个行走的灾难！

04.

导致灾难

spell disaster

• The senator's refusal to negotiate, spells disaster for the chances of the legislation to pass through both houses of congress.

  这位参议员拒绝谈判，这对该法案在国会两院获得通过的机会来说是一场灾难。

• The sudden shortage of precious metals necessary to manufacture the computer chips spelled disaster for the new tech company.

  制造电脑芯片所需的贵金属突然短缺，这对这家新科技公司来说是一场灾难。

05.

引祸上身

flirt with disaster

• The CEO has been flirting with disaster with her off-the-cuff comments to the press lately.

  这位首席执行官最近对媒体发表的即席讲话引祸上身了。

  
  

• If you show up late for work everyday, you are really flirting with disaster.

  如果你每天都上班迟到的话，那真的会引祸上身的。

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