Disastrous

Definition

disaster /dÇ'zɑ:stǝ(r); US -'zæs-/ n ၁။ (က) [C] ေဘးဒုကၡ။ ကပ္ဆိုက္မႈ။ ေဘးအႏၲရာယ္။ an air/sea/train disaster ❍ Thousands died in the disaster. ❍ Then disaster struck. ❍ a natural disaster (ie an accident, such as an EARTHQUAKE or a flood, that is not caused by human beings) ❍ After the devastation caused by the hurricane, the President officially declared the region a disaster area. (ခ) [C, U] ပ်က္ကိန္း။ ဒုကၡ။ ကံဆိုးျခင္း။ Losing your job needn't be such a disaster. ❍ If I forget to telephone her it will be a disaster! ❍ We all had a sense of impending disaster. ၂။ [C, U] ( infml ) မေအာင္ျမင္မႈ။ မစြံျခင္း။ ခ်ာျခင္း။ As a teacher, he's a disaster. ❍ The play's first night was a disaster. ❍ His career is a story of utter disaster. ❏ disastrous /dÇ'zɑ:strǝs; US -'zæs-/ adj ဆိုးဝါးေသာ။ ဒုကၡေရာက္ေစေသာ။ a disastrous flood/marriage/decision ❍ Lowering interest rates could have disastrous consequences for the economy. disastrously adv

Examples

1. A series of disasters forced the company to close down.
2. [a natural disaster] : Protect your property from natural disasters such as flooding.
3. [disaster strikes] : Disaster struck when the plane’s engine exploded shortly after take-off.
4. [end in disaster] : The expedition ended in disaster
5. with three people being killed.
6. [be a disaster for/spell disaster for] : More bad weather would spell disaster for this year’s wheat crop.
7. A series of disasters in the kitchen
8. My carefully planned party had been a complete disaster.