Word · Frequency #18584
disastrously
灾难性地；极其糟糕地
in a disastrous manner; very badly or unsuccessfully
- 1.
In a disastrous way. (Of the nature of a disaster; calamitously.)
灾难性地；造成灾难地；不幸地。
灾难性地；造成灾难地；不幸地。；悲惨地
In use
The weather turned disastrously bad during our hike, so we had to turn back.
Her first attempt at baking a cake ended disastrously when it collapsed in the oven.
He underestimated the cost disastrously and soon ran out of money.
disastrously + adj.
disastrously 可放在形容词前，强调情况糟糕到灾难的程度；常见搭配有 wrong、bad、poor 等。
The results were disastrously wrong.
结果灾难性地错误。
verb + disastrously
作方式状语时通常放在动词后，表示动作以灾难性的方式发生。
The project failed disastrously.
这个项目灾难性地失败了。
disastrously for sb/sth, + clause
这个结构常放在句首，用于从某个人或某方的角度评价整个事件。
Disastrously for him, the deal fell through.
对他来说灾难性的是，这笔交易失败了。
Common mistakes
The project failed disastrous.The project failed disastrously.
修饰动词 failed 应使用副词 disastrously；disastrous 是形容词，不能修饰动词。
The plan ended disasterly.The plan ended disastrously.
disaster 是名词，直接加 -ly 不能构成正确副词；正确形式是 disastrously（由形容词 disastrous 加 -ly 构成）。
Connections
Collocations
- fail disastrously
- 灾难性地失败；惨败
- The company's new strategy failed disastrously in the first quarter.公司的新战略在第一季度就灾难性地失败了。
- disastrously wrong
- 错得离谱；大错特错
- His prediction about the election turned out to be disastrously wrong.他对选举的预测结果被证明是大错特错。
- disastrously bad
- 糟糕透顶；极其糟糕
- The weather was disastrously bad for the outdoor wedding.对于户外婚礼来说，天气真是糟糕透顶。
- disastrously underfunded
- 资金严重不足；资金匮乏到灾难性的程度
- The school system is disastrously underfunded, leaving many students without basic resources.学校系统资金严重不足，导致许多学生缺乏基本资源。
- disastrously mistaken
- 大错特错；严重误解
- The general was disastrously mistaken about the enemy's strength.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想小行星撞地球，瞬间灾难性地毁灭一切——disastrously就是'灾难性地'，词中藏着disaster（灾难）。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：新闻报道、评论文章、日常对话 该词为中性副词，正式与非正式场合均可使用，通常用于描述结果或表现极为糟糕，比较常见于新闻和评论类叙述，也可在日常口语中出现。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词均以 -ously 结尾，词尾读作 /əsli/（disastrous 为 /əs/），但重音元音不同，因此它们并不与 disastrously 完全押韵。注意 dis- 开头的词如 disgusting /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ 中 s 常读 /s/，而 disastrously 中的 s 因词源关系读 /z/：/dɪˈzɑːstrəsli/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.