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
- 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。 - 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； - An raging and rapidly spreading conflagration.
来势汹汹且快速蔓延的火灾。 - 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。 - The fire brigade soon got the conflagration under control.
消防队很快就把火控制住了。 - 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。 - 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。 - The focal point to bound the conception of public security disaster accident is that whether or not it includes conflagration, explosion, and poison which are made by criminals on purpose.
治安灾害事故是否包括犯罪分子故意制造的火灾、爆炸、投毒等灾祸，一直是界定这个概念的焦点。 - 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。