disastrous的意思|disastrous的解释-里氏词典

disastrous [dɪz'æstrəs]

a. 损失惨重的, 悲伤的

The new system has had a disastrous effect on productivity.
新制度已对生产力造成了灾难性的影响。
This environmental effect of this new factory could be disastrous.
这家新工厂给自然环境带来的影响可能是灾难性的。
Such a mistake would perhaps lead to disastrous consequences.
这样一种错误可能导致灾难性的后果。

disastrous

[ adj ]
(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin
<adj.all>
the stock market crashed on Black Fridaya calamitous defeat
the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign
such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory
it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it
a fateful error

Disastrous \Dis*as"trous\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]sastreux. See
{Disaster}.]
1. Full of unpropitious stellar influences; unpropitious;
ill-boding. [Obs.]

The moon
In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds. --Milton.

2. Attended with suffering or disaster; very unfortunate;
calamitous; ill-fated; ending in utter failure or ruin;
as, a disastrous day; a disastrous termination of an
undertaking.

Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances. --Shak.
-- {Dis*as"trous*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*as"trous*ness}, n.

But it would not be disastrous to rely on what is actually happening.
To this we'd add that bank nationalization certainly didn't do much for the financial health of Mexico, which is just now pulling itself back together after the disastrous expropriations of 1982.
In the Martin Marietta-Bendix case the results were widely viewed as so disastrous that it has never again been attempted.
The PLA's most disastrous attempt to interfere in politics came in 1971, when Marshal Lin Biao, Mao's chosen successor, led a group of military officers in planning a coup against Mao.
The fresh infusions of cash on the part of the Fed were an effort by the central bank to back up its pledge to keep the Friday the 13th stock market plunge from having a disastrous ripple effect through the financial system.
Mr. Krossel questions whether the consequences of a game-fixing scandal would "really be that disastrous."
Manifestly uneconomic projects have been pursued, such as the disastrous Ajaokuta steel plant.
Even well-to-do officials with fancy apartments and high-ranking posts muttered "disastrous" when asked to evaluate their predicament.
But the judicial experiment of suppressing the truth has turned out to be disastrous overreaching.
"If that front is pushing high winds ahead of it, it can be disastrous," he said Wednesday night. "It's predicted to be 100 degrees, 2 percent humidity and with high winds.
"It's disastrous for someone who has had a painting hanging on the wall for many years, thinking it is worth a lot of money, then we go in there" and tell them it is worth very little, Sanchesini said.
It wants both, and thinks that by asking the South Bank to market its programme better it can square the circle. In fact Snowman is now trying to boost audiences, which have fallen to a disastrous 60 per cent at the Festival Hall.
This attempt to preserve public confidence in the deposit-insurance contract resulted in a disastrous series of accounting games, regulatory forbearances and delayed closure decisions that ultimately magnified the size and scope of the original disaster.
For its part, the Angolan government needs a way out of the war after its disastrous last offensive.
But he concedes this could be disastrous.
Had it been priced much higher and had the shares not moved in the market, "it would have been disastrous" for further privatization efforts, says George UyTioco, president of First Pacific Securities (Philippines) Inc.
He argues that it would be disastrous for the Palestinians if, having been granted autonomy, they were unable to provide a secure environment.
Mr. Sullivan and the team were debt ridden because of a disastrous decision to manage a concert tour for pop singer Michael Jackson and because the franchise had never been well capitalized.
Also, the weakness of the economy and the record oversupply of offices in London, mean rental values will continue to fall. The disastrous record of foreign investors who had previously invested in London might be another cause for caution.
The lawsuit potentially signals a new direction in the legal battle over Exxon's liability for last March's disastrous oil spill.
They insist they have learned some hard lessons from the company's disastrous 1983 foray into PCs with overpriced computers that weren't compatible with emerging standards.
The ouster of the entire Montenegrin ruling elite came after more than 120,000 people demonstrated earlier this week in Titograd, the region's capital, demanding the leadership step down because of the disastrous state of the region's economy.
Clarke's deregulatory policies and inclination toward forbearance have had disastrous consequences for the bank insurance fund," the Michigan Democrat said.
She said she wished the government would do so and get on with dealing with the "disastrous state of our economy." After adjustment for seasonal factors, the consumer price index in December was unchanged from November.
"We always thought it was the most draconian and disastrous result from the start," says John Crosby, an insurance-industry lawyer and an executive with the no-fault campaign.
The former chief of staff was an ardent opponent of international efforts to curb the atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which many scientists believe threaten to cause a disastrous warming of the Earth.
Third, the disastrous American retreat into isolation in the 1920s and 1930s.
They turned to real estate, leveraged buy-outs and other high-risk adventures to plug that gap. The disastrous outcome raises important questions about the nature of banking and of banking regulation.
But the succession of ever-more disastrous losses from mid-1989 onwards was a sign that the tide had gone out for Mrs Thatcher's brand of Conservatism.
Jantjes predicted the boycott "will be disastrous for Boksburg," whose white businessmen depend heavily on the town's more than 150,000 blacks and people of mixed-race.

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