| 1. | Calamity is man's true touch stone .
灾祸是吾人真正的试金石。 |
| 2. | The recent flooding in the south was a calamity .
最近南方的洪水是一场灾难。 |
| 3. | An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity .
乐观者在灾难中可以看到希望。 |
| 4. | This is the way to keep off every calamity of life .
这是防止住生命中灾难的办法。 |
| 5. | One moment 's false security can bring a century of calamities .
图一时之苟安，贻百年之大患。 |
| 6. | They supposed that some calamity had befallen the governor .
他们心想这位先生一定遇到了什么无妄之灾。 |
| 7. | For me, the july twentieth affair was in every way a calamity .
就我来说，七月二十日事件完全是大祸临头。 |
| 8. | It was a calamity .
这真是劫数。 |
| 9. | We agreed that the war was in reality a calamity for civilization .
我们一致认为战争实质上是对文明的一场浩劫。 |
| 10. | They will only triumph by persevering in their struggle against natural calamities .
他们只有坚持向自然灾害作斗争，才能取得胜利。 |
