Last year's figures were little short of disastrous.

　　去年的數字簡直是災難。

　　There was no hope of escape from her disastrous marriage.

　　她無望從不幸的婚姻中解脫出來。

　　We wanted to avoid a rerun of last year's disastrous trip.

　　我們想避免去年那種極度不順的旅行再度出現。