catastrophes

Some of the locations to which functions are transferred may be at risk from natural catastrophes.
It means that any emergencies should not BE able to turn into major catastrophes, which is obviously safer for you.
这意味着紧急情况不会演变成大灾难，这对你们显然更安全了。
The San Francisco earthquake was one of the worst catastrophes of the century.
"Catastrophes are great educators of mankind, " said the Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin.
「大灾难是人类的伟大导师，」哈佛社会学家皮特林索罗金说。
Will the elite try to blame the UFOs as the cause of these catastrophes (using a stooge of course)?
高层精英们会将这些灾难说成是UFO造成的吗（使用的借口）？
And populations in small, isolated habitats are unlikely to be replenished once decimated by outbreaks of fire or other catastrophes.
一旦突然发生火灾或因其它灾难而大批死亡，栖息地少而孤立的种群将很难恢复。
I had come to believe that for some reason we were targeted by fate and that more catastrophes were in store for us.
我不得不相信冥冥之中有天命，也许有更多的灾祸在前面等着我们。
If no catastrophes occur over the designated loss level during the life of the bond, investors get back their principal and a premium.
如果在债券存续期内没有发生超越制定损失程度的大灾难，投资者可以取回本金以及取得高溢价。
The real humanitarian fi asco is not the inadequate preparation of these nations, and many others, for freakish catastrophes.
在人道主义方面真正遭到尴尬失败的不是这些国家和其它许多国家对突发的自然灾害没有充分的准备。
In that sense, catastrophes are as much the result of human choices as they are of geology or hydrology.
在这种意义上，灾难不是由于地质或水文原因引起的，而是人类选择的结果。