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
- 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。 - Cool heads and a sense of proportion can yet stop a global trade conflagration catching hold.
冷静的头脑，加上一些分寸感，也许还是能够阻止一场全球贸易战的爆发。 - 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。 - 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。 - Thus a conflagration that begins in Iran could soon spread, taking in Israel, Lebanon and Syria and moving eastwards to the next country in this new crescent of conflict, Iraq.
如此一来，起于伊朗的战火可能会迅速蔓延，烧至以色列、黎巴嫩、叙利亚，乃至向东蔓延至这一新冲突弧线上的下一个国家&伊拉克。 - Fireman: Never has a spark been allowed to exist to develop into a conflagration.
消防队员：我们不让星星之火变成一场火灾。 - 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。 - His seaside villa outside Athens was spared, but the conflagration prompted the Greek prime minister to promise stricter measures to stop developers from building on land cleared by fires;
他在雅典郊外的海边别墅幸免于难，但是那场火灾促使这位希腊总理承诺采取更严厉的措施，禁止房地产商在被火烧出来的空地上建房； - Simultaneously with the earthquake came the conflagration.
在地震的同时还发生了大火。 - This, he noted, would temper the risk of an apocalyptic conflagration of diseases.
他强调指出，这种举措将缓解疾病带来的重大天灾风险。