Catástrofe in english
pronunciation: kətæstrəfi part of speech: noun
catástrofe = disaster ; catastrophe ; debacle ; calamity ; cataclysm.
Example: This situation requires a very skilled information worker if total disaster is to be avoided.Example: Playground games show that children like catastrophes and exhibitions of speed and power.Example: But out of that debacle came a highly successful international scientific endeavor.Example: His doctrine that even venial wrongdoing is worse than any natural calamity implies that we ought to refrain from such wrongdoing even if calamity results.Example: Natural and social cataclysms as increasingly tearing the world apart.more:
» ayuda a las víctimas de una catástrofe = disaster relief .
Example: Disaster relief work can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help people in need of your expertise and assistance.» ayuda en caso de catástrofe = disaster relief .
Example: Disaster relief work can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help people in need of your expertise and assistance.» catástrofe medioambiental = environmental disaster .
Example: Hurricane Katrina brings a foretaste of environmental disasters to come.» catástrofe nacional = national disaster .
Example: That's why what has happened over the last three years is such a tragedy, such a national disaster.» catástrofe natural = natural calamity ; natural disaster .
Example: In a world suffering from conflict, natural calamities, gender discrimination and other causes of marginalisation, we need urgent and concerted action. Example: There are vivid examples of serious fires and other natural disasters occuring in libraries that cause incalculable financial and academic losses to society.» catástrofe + ocurrir = disaster + strike .
Example: Because any library is susceptible to a variety of potentially serious disasters, it is unreasonable to wait until disaster strikes.» catástrofe + producirse = disaster + strike .
Example: Because any library is susceptible to a variety of potentially serious disasters, it is unreasonable to wait until disaster strikes.» catástrofe + suceder = disaster + strike .
Example: Because any library is susceptible to a variety of potentially serious disasters, it is unreasonable to wait until disaster strikes.» evitar la catástrofe por los pelos = have + a (close) brush with disaster .
Example: Our cruiser had a close brush with disaster yesterday when it narrowly avoided colliding with a fishing boat.» plan de recuperación tras una catástrofe = disaster recovery ; disaster recovery plan .
Example: There is however a growing awareness among companies of the need for business protection ie disaster recovery, contingency planning, database recovery and access control. Example: The author suggests a plan for developing and implementing a disaster recovery plan for business information systems.» planificación de recuperación tras una catástrofe = disaster recovery planning .
Example: Ideas from disaster recovery planning should be applied to information systems.» presagio de la catástrofe = harbinger of doom ; harbinger of destruction .
Example: This tendency led, eventually, to the persecution of the raven, as a harbinger of doom and destruction. Example: This tendency led, eventually, to the persecution of the raven, as a harbinger of doom and destruction.» sufrir una catástrofe = experience + a disaster .
Example: This article emphasises the importance of a preservation plan that includes ways of dealing with every conceivable type of disaster a library might experience.» tras la catástrofe = post-disaster [Lista de palabras que comienzan con este prefijo] .
Example: The article 'A post-disaster primer: Elba on the rebound' describes how a new Elba Public Library, Alabama, was established following the destruction of the old one by flood waters.