1580s, "ill-starred," from French désastreux (16c.), from désastre (see disaster) or from Italian desastroso. Meaning "calamitous" is from c. 1600. Related: Disastrously.
权威例句
1. The first four years of government were completely disastrous.
政府前4年的执政彻底失败。
2. The effect on coffee prices has been disastrous for the producers.
对咖啡价格的影响对生产商而言是灾难性的。
3. 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。”
4. He invoked memories of Britain's near-disastrous disarmament in the 1930s.
他援引了英国20世纪30年代几近灾难性的裁军事件。
5. He believed that the policies were both wrong and electorally disastrous.