calamitously
adverb uk/kəˈlæm.ɪ.təs.li/ us/kəˈlæm.ə.t̬əs.li/
灾难性地
in a way that causes great damage or suffering
A space shuttle calamitously blew up in the early days of the programme. 在该计划的早期，一架航天飞机发生了灾难性的爆炸。
Share prices fell calamitously last year. 去年发生了股灾。
See: calamity
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- Calamitously, the carefully chosen works were all lost in the fire.
- Local schools have been calamitously underfunded.
- Frank Zappa's eccentric methods of writing and recording were time-consuming and calamitously costly.
- The calamitously slow response to the hurricane caused many people additional hardship.