conflagration
英 [ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃn]
美 [ˌkɑːnfləˈɡreɪʃn]
n. 大火灾; 大火
BNC.20935 / COCA.19480
牛津词典
noun
- 大火灾；大火
a very large fire that destroys a lot of land or buildings
柯林斯词典
- 大火;大火灾
Aconflagrationis a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
英英释义
noun
- a very intense and uncontrolled fire
双语例句
- That was before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent financial conflagration that swept the world in the fall of2008.
那是在2008年倒闭，雷曼兄弟和随后的金融大火那年秋天席卷全球的研究。 - Credit default swaps are the rocket fuel that turned the subprime mortgage fire into a conflagration.
信用违约互换（cds）是一种火箭燃料，它把次贷之火变成了一场滔天大火。 - For example, the lightning-flash which has set a house on fire would be considered the ground of the conflagration;
例如，走电使得一所房子失火，我们就把走电认作是燃烧的根据。 - An raging and rapidly spreading conflagration.
来势汹汹且快速蔓延的火灾。 - In a big country like China, hundreds of thousands of conflagration cases happens each year, which cause huge losses in terms of life and wealth.
在中国这样的大国里，每年发生的火灾数不胜数，造成了巨大的生命和财产损失。 - Many people were burnt alive in the conflagration that happened in a multi-storeyed building.
在一幢多层大厦内发生的大火中，很多人被活活烧死。 - Some commentators of a more pessimistic outlook, meanwhile, expect to see scientific progress overcome by nuclear conflagration.
而有些拥有较为悲观态度的评论者预测核战争将战胜人类科学进步。 - To destroy one's estate it needs a conflagration; to rob him of his peace a mosquito is enough.
要毁坏一个人的不动产需要一场火灾，要破坏一个人的宁静，只要一只蚊子就够了。 - It should be used as the detector of choice in areas of high risk with heat at an early stage of the conflagration and with increased likelihood of unwanted alarms.
它应该被用来作为热探测器的选择，在高风险领域处于早期阶段的火灾和报警的可能性增加不必要的。 - It is akin to allowing occasional small forest fires to clear the brushwood, rather than extinguishing them and risking a huge conflagration.
这类似于让偶然爆发的小规模森林火灾烧掉那些低矮的灌木丛，而不是将其扑灭，并甘冒酿成大火的风险。