disaster
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美 [d?'z?st?]
助記提示
前綴“dis-”(意思：壞的) + “aster”(意思：星星)，字面上的意思就是“壞星星”，表示一種“兇兆”。
著名的貝葉掛毯（Bayeux Tapestry）上出現(xiàn)的哈雷彗星，講述了在黑斯廷斯戰(zhàn)役（Battle of Hastings）之前哈雷彗星在天空中出現(xiàn)的情況，當(dāng)時(shí)的人們認(rèn)為彗星預(yù)示了戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的到來(lái)。
古希臘人特別癡迷于占星學(xué)和宇宙，而且堅(jiān)信天體會(huì)對(duì)地面上的生命有影響。對(duì)于古希臘人來(lái)說(shuō)，一顆“壞星星”就是一場(chǎng)天上對(duì)于地面上將要發(fā)生的災(zāi)難的一種預(yù)示！比如說(shuō)各種彗星，以及各種超新星爆炸事件。
中文詞源
disaster 災(zāi)難dis-, 不，非，使相反。-aster, 星星，星辰，詞源同star, asterisk.即星位不正，在古代占星術(shù)中預(yù)示著災(zāi)難降臨。
英文詞源
- disaster
- disaster: [16] The word disaster has astrological connotations. It comes, perhaps via French désastre, from Italian disastro; this was a backformation from disastrato, literally ‘ill-starred’, a compound adjective formed from the pejorative prefix dis- and astro ‘star’, a descendant of Latin astrum ‘star’. This in turn came from Greek astron ‘star’, source of English astronomy and related to English star. So the underlying meaning of the word is ‘malevolent astral influence’. Proven?al has the parallel malastre ‘misfortune’.
- disaster (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French désastre (1560s), from Italian disastro "ill-starred," from dis-, here merely pejorative (see dis-) + astro "star, planet," from Latin astrum, from Greek astron (see star (n.)). The sense is astrological, of a calamity blamed on an unfavorable position of a planet.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. An airliner came close to disaster while approaching Heathrow Airport.
- 一架大型客機(jī)在飛近希思羅機(jī)場(chǎng)時(shí)差點(diǎn)兒發(fā)生空難。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. We were in a disaster situation that defies description.
- 我們陷入了難以言表的糟糕處境。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The President described the disaster as an act of God.
- 總統(tǒng)將這場(chǎng)災(zāi)難說(shuō)成是天災(zāi)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. An investigation is underway to find out how the disaster happened.
- 調(diào)查已經(jīng)展開(kāi)，以查明災(zāi)難是如何發(fā)生的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Investors were storing up a lot of cash in anticipation of disaster.
- 投資者預(yù)料會(huì)出現(xiàn)災(zāi)難，正在儲(chǔ)備大量現(xiàn)金。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句