disaster area

英 [dɪˈzɑːstər eəriə]

美 [dɪˈzæstər eriə]

n.  灾区; 问题成堆的地方; 灾难性局面

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 灾区
  a place where a disaster has happened and which needs special help
• 问题成堆的地方；灾难性局面
  a place or situation that has a lot of problems, is a failure, or is badly organized

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (遭受诸如地震、洪水等侵袭而受灾严重的)灾区
  Adisaster areais a part of a country or the world which has been very seriously affected by a disaster such as an earthquake or a flood.
  1. The region has been declared a disaster area.
     这个地区被宣布为灾区。
• N-COUNT 极度混乱的地方;多灾多难的人;一团糟的状态
  If you describe a place, person, or situation asa disaster area, you mean that they are in a state of great disorder or failure.
  1. His office was a disaster area of papers and full ashtrays...
     他的办公室一片狼藉，文件成堆，烟灰满缸。
  2. He's a nice old rascal but a disaster area as a politician.
     他是个不错的老家伙，但是作为一个政治家就太差劲了。

英英释义

noun

• a region whose population is affected by a general disaster

双语例句

• This annual meeting cancelled lottery link, the charge sum of surplus contributed the school of seismic disaster area.
  此次年会取消了抽奖环节，节余的费用全额捐给了地震灾区的学校。
• Now the people are hard rebuilding their homeland in the disaster area.
  现在人民正在灾区努力重建家园。
• The large earthquake cut all communication to the disaster area, hampering official attempts to determine the real situation.
  地震使受灾区所有通讯断绝，阻碍了官方对真实情况的了解。
• This place looks like a disaster area.
  这地方简直像灾区。
• His father had gone to Qing-chuan where is disaster area of earthquake.
  他爸爸去过了地震灾区青川。
• Food service industry seems to have become heavy disaster area of quality is-sues in recent years.
  食品行业近年来几乎成了质量问题的重灾区。
• The disaster area was in dire need of food.
  灾区极端需要食品。
• The president has already declared most of Rhode Island a disaster area.
  总统已经宣布罗德岛的大部分地区成为灾区。
• Research on the Ecological Protecting in Reconstruction of Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster Area
  汶川地震灾区恢复重建中的生态保护问题研究
• Me: I want sent people of disaster area some old and clean cotton-clothes, how is it?
  我：我想给灾区的人们送一些干净的旧棉衣，如何？