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1 disaster
noun1) Katastrophe, dieair disaster — Flugzeugunglück, das
a railway/mining disaster — ein Eisenbahn-/Grubenunglück
* * *(a terrible event, especially one that causes great damage, loss etc: The earthquake was the greatest disaster the country had ever experienced.) die Katastrophe- academic.ru/20787/disastrous">disastrous- disastrously* * *dis·as·ter[dɪˈzɑ:stəʳ, AM -ˈzæstɚ]nair \disaster Flugzeugunglück nt, Flugzeugkatastrophe frail \disaster Eisenbahnunglück nt, Zugunglück ntenvironmental \disaster Umweltkatastrophe fnatural/global \disaster Naturkatastrophe f/globale Katastrophe2. no pleverything was going smoothly until \disaster struck alles lief reibungslos, bis die Katastrophe ihren Lauf nahmto avert \disaster eine Katastrophe abwendenthe evening was a complete \disaster der Abend war der totale Reinfallas a teacher, he was a \disaster als Lehrer war er absolut unfähig* * *[dɪ'zAːstə(r)]nKatastrophe f; (AVIAT, MIN, RAIL) Unglück nt, Katastrophe f; (= fiasco) Fiasko nt, Desaster ntdoomed to disaster — zum Untergang verdammt or verurteilt
See:→ also recipe* * *A s1. Unglück n (to für), Unheil n, Verderben n:bring down disaster on Unglück bringen über (akk)2. Unglück n, Katastrophe f3. Desaster n, Fiasko n:end in disaster in einem Desaster endenB adj Katastrophen…:disaster area Katastrophen-, Notstandsgebiet n;his private life is a disaster area sein Privatleben ist eine einzige Katastrophe;disaster control Katastrophenbekämpfung f;disaster unit (Katastrophen)Einsatzgruppe f* * *noun1) Katastrophe, dieair disaster — Flugzeugunglück, das
a railway/mining disaster — ein Eisenbahn-/Grubenunglück
* * *n.Katastrophe f.Unglück -e n.Unheil -e n. -
2 doom
1. noun2. transitive verbmeet one's doom — vom Schicksal heimgesucht od. (geh.) ereilt werden
verurteilen; verdammendoom somebody/something to something — jemanden/eine Sache zu etwas verdammen od. verurteilen
be doomed to fail or failure — zum Scheitern verurteilt sein
* * *[du:m] 1. noun(fate, especially something terrible and final which is about to happen (to one): The whole place had an atmosphere of doom; His doom was inevitable.) das Verderben2. verb(to condemn; to make certain to come to harm, fail etc: His crippled leg doomed him to long periods of unemployment; The project was doomed to failure; He was doomed from the moment he first took drugs.) verurteilen* * *[du:m]I. nportent of \doom [böses] Zeichen des Schicksalsthe newspapers are always full of \doom and gloom these days ( iron hum) die Zeitungen sind heutzutage voll von Katastrophenmeldungenimpending \doom drohendes Unheiluntil the crack of \doom bis zum Jüngsten TagII. vtmounting debts \doomed the factory to closure wachsende Schulden machten die Schließung der Fabrik unumgänglich* * *[duːm]1. n(= fate) Schicksal nt; (= ruin) Verhängnis ntto send sb to his doom — jdn ins Verhängnis stürzen
it's all doom and gloom with him at the moment — er sieht zurzeit alles nur schwarz
it's not all gloom and doom — so schlimm ist es ja alles gar nicht
2. vtverurteilen, verdammenthe project was doomed from the start —
the doomed ship — das dem Untergang geweihte Schiff
doomed to die — dem Tode geweiht
this country was doomed to become a second-rate nation — dieses Land war dazu verdammt, zur Zweitrangigkeit abzusinken
* * *doom [duːm]A she met his doom sein Schicksal ereilte ihn2. a) Verderben n, Untergang m:send sb to their doom jemanden ins Verderben stürzenb) Tod m3. a) HIST Gesetz n, Erlass mc) fig Todesurteil nto zu;to do zu tun)* * *1. noun2. transitive verbmeet one's doom — vom Schicksal heimgesucht od. (geh.) ereilt werden
verurteilen; verdammendoom somebody/something to something — jemanden/eine Sache zu etwas verdammen od. verurteilen
be doomed to fail or failure — zum Scheitern verurteilt sein
* * *n.Verhängnis n. -
3 doom
[du:m] nportent of \doom [böses] Zeichen des Schicksalsthe newspapers are always full of \doom and gloom these days (iron, hum) die Zeitungen sind heutzutage voll von Katastrophenmeldungen;impending \doom drohendes Unheiluntil the crack of \doom bis zum Jüngsten Tag vtmounting debts \doomed the factory to closure wachsende Schulden machten die Schließung der Fabrik unumgänglich
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