1.災難   n.

People in southern Taiwan were all shocked by the disaster of flood.

這場洪災使南台灣人們大為震驚。

2.災害 n.

President Ma strongly demands that central government and local government should cooperate with each other to reduce the disaster.

馬總統強力要求中央與地方政府，應該互相合作以減輕災害。

3.【口語】徹底的失敗 n.

His plan of going abroad to study ended in disaster.

他的出國讀書計畫以徹底失敗告終。