имя существительное беда, бедствие, катастрофа Например: crushing / dire / great calamity — ужасная катастрофа national calamity — национальная катастрофа, бедствие to avert / ward off a calamity — предотвращать катастрофу to survive a calamity — пережить бедствие Синоним(ы): catastrophe, distress, disaster
noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English calamytey, from Latin calamitat-, calamitas; perhaps akin to Latin clades destruction 1. a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss 2. a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering Example: calamities of nature Example: an economic calamity