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词汇 disaster-area
释义 disaster area
noun
uk /dɪˈzɑː.stər ˌeə.ri.ə/ us /dɪˈzæs.tɚ ˌer.i.ə/
[ Cusually singular ]
a place where a very serious accident, such as an earthquake, has happened灾区
[ S ]humorous
an extremely untidy, dirty, or badly organized place: 非常混乱(或脏乱、无序)的地方
After the party, the house was a complete disaster area.聚会结束后,房子里一片狼藉。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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accident
accidental
accidentally
accidentally on purposeidiom
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calamity
cataclysm
cataclysmic
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catastrophe
disastrous
disastrously
doomsday scenario
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emergency
non-emergency
perfect storm
post-accident
snafu
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Dirt & untidiness

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disaster area
People described it as a disasterarea, but in retrospect it was the best thing that could have happened.
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What appeared to be a disasterarea has now become merely unacceptable.
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Marriage is now a disasterarea, breaking the morale of millions of citizens and destroying their capacity to contribute to society.
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They are trying to attract students from both home and abroad and do not want to declare themselves a disasterarea.
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He suggested that a disasterarea should be declared.
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Had it not been for the granting of intermediate status, the constituency today would have been a disasterarea.
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Calvay crescent in my constituency is a disasterarea where there is no likelihood of resources being made available in the conventional way.
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I come now to the last disasterarea.
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Housing in the inner cities is a disasterarea.
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He wanted the area to be declared what he described as a "disasterarea" and many more resources to be brought in.
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This can only be called a housing and health disasterarea.
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I believe that the private sector is a disasterarea.
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A disasterarea she will prove to be.
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We leave the decision about declaring a disasterarea to the councils.
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Right now, the whole business of nuclear waste disposal is a disasterarea.
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