catastrophes

Some of the locations to which functions are transferred may be at risk from natural catastrophes.

某些职能转移地点可能会遭遇自然灾害。

It means that any emergencies should not BE able to turn into major catastrophes, which is obviously safer for you.

这意味着紧急情况不会演变成大灾难，这对你们显然更安全了。

The San Francisco earthquake was one of the worst catastrophes of the century.

旧金山地震是世纪性的灾难之一。

"Catastrophes are great educators of mankind, " said the Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin.

「大灾难是人类的伟大导师，」哈佛社会学家皮特林索罗金说。

Will the elite try to blame the UFOs as the cause of these catastrophes (using a stooge of course)?

高层精英们会将这些灾难说成是UFO造成的吗（使用的借口）？

And populations in small, isolated habitats are unlikely to be replenished once decimated by outbreaks of fire or other catastrophes.

一旦突然发生火灾或因其它灾难而大批死亡，栖息地少而孤立的种群将很难恢复。

I had come to believe that for some reason we were targeted by fate and that more catastrophes were in store for us.

我不得不相信冥冥之中有天命，也许有更多的灾祸在前面等着我们。

If no catastrophes occur over the designated loss level during the life of the bond, investors get back their principal and a premium.

如果在债券存续期内没有发生超越制定损失程度的大灾难，投资者可以取回本金以及取得高溢价。

The real humanitarian fi asco is not the inadequate preparation of these nations, and many others, for freakish catastrophes.

在人道主义方面真正遭到尴尬失败的不是这些国家和其它许多国家对突发的自然灾害没有充分的准备。

In that sense, catastrophes are as much the result of human choices as they are of geology or hydrology.

在这种意义上，灾难不是由于地质或水文原因引起的，而是人类选择的结果。

Small changes may snowball into major catastrophes. It is time we tried to put out the single spark which may start a prairie fire.

星星之火，可以燎原。我们应趁现在全球暖化火种刚开始燃烧时把握时机，合力阻延气候变化加剧。

To be sure, one of the biggest health effects of the current catastrophes will be on mental health.

有一点是确定的，因当前灾难而影响他们健康问题最大的因素之一就是心理问题。

Recently I was discussing a few well publicized, recent parenting catastrophes with a well known child development expert.

最近我和一位知名的儿童发展专家讨论了几例街知巷闻，且在近日发生的育儿失败情况。

Yet an equally important criterion is the ability of a species to survive random global ecological catastrophes due to impacts.

然而，一个同样重要的准则是一个物种在由这些作用导致的随机全球生态灾难中存活的能力。

Footballing mishaps are the latest in a series of catastrophes to be blamed on a surfeit of maleness.

在这些不幸的足球赛事之前，也有一系列灾难被归咎于男性化过度。

A word unkind will leave a smart; lover's quarrels break the heart, and all life's small catastrophes seem like giant calamities.

一句不客气的话，就在你心里留下疙瘩；跟情人吵架就使你伤心欲绝；生活上一点点小小的不幸，就像极大的灾难。

Avoiding a repetition of those serial catastrophes defines the overarching strategic imperative of our age.

避免系列灾难重演是我们时代中心战略要务。

Natural catastrophes seemed to be almost deliberately targeting the world's worst off, from the earthquake in Haiti to floods in Pakistan.

自然灾害似乎有意针对世界上最穷的人，从海地发生的地震到巴基斯坦的洪水，无一例外。

Natural catastrophes that produce life insurance losses of this order are very unusual, " Buffett says. "

自然灾害造成如此严重的人身保险损失，这种情况确实非常罕见。

That skill is of utmost importance in a marriage; without it, small problems become major catastrophes.

这种技巧在婚姻中极其重要，如果没有，小问题会酿成大灾难。