All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.
2018年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
We will see unimaginative governments and dying corporations make disastrous decisions.
2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
英语六级真题
Earlier this month a separate study found that a combination of climate change and industrial fishing is threatening the krill (磷虾) population in Antarctic waters, with a potentially disastrous impact on whales, seals and penguins.
2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C
It's become so iconic that attempts to change its taste in 1985—sweetening it in a move projected to boost sales—proved disastrous, with widespread anger from consumers.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
极糟糕的;灾难性的
A disastrous event has extremely bad consequences and effects.
1. (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin;
"the stock market crashed on Black Friday""a calamitous defeat""the battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign""such doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my theory"- Charles Darwin"it is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur"a fateful error"