debacle
英 [dɪˈbɑːkl]
美 [dɪˈbɑːkl]
n. 大败; 崩溃; 垮台; 灾祸
复数：debacles
Collins.1 / BNC.19035 / COCA.10825
牛津词典
noun
- 大败；崩溃；垮台；灾祸
an event or a situation that is a complete failure and causes embarrassment
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 彻底的失败;惨败
Adebacleis an event or attempt that is a complete failure.- After the debacle of the war the world was never the same again...
经历了这场战争的惨败之后，世界再也不是原来的那个样子了。 - The convention was a debacle.
这次大会开得非常失败。
- After the debacle of the war the world was never the same again...
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 débâcle
英英释义
noun
- a sudden and violent collapse
- a sound defeat
- flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
双语例句
- We got to retrieve something from this debacle.
我们得从这次惨败中收回点什么。 - The debacle is due to the unexpected severity of the financial crisis and shocking policy errors.
冰岛崩溃的原因在于这场金融危机出人意料的严重程度和该国政府骇人听闻的政策失误。 - More than any other development, the MySpace debacle illustrates the troubles News Corp. has had in digital media.
相比其他事态发展，MySpace的灾难性结局鲜明地体现了新闻集团在数码媒体领域的麻烦。 - The central banks bear equal responsibility in the current debacle.
各国央行对目前的崩溃局面负有同等的责任。 - As BP's Russian debacle showed, there are few quick fixes in the oil business.
BP在俄罗斯的经历的失败告诉我们，在石油行业里，很少能迅速谈成或落实什么买卖。 - Old hands need to look with new eyes, for this week's debacle constitutes the biggest threat yet to the post-war trading system.
老手们需要新的思维，因为本周的崩溃对战后贸易系统构成了史上最大的威胁。 - I couldn't afford to make the same mistake again after the debacle of the TV series.
在电视连续剧惨遭失败之后，我可经不起再犯同样的错误了。 - Falling house prices and the "subprime" debacle have now derailed this debt-accumulation machine.
目前，不断下跌的房价和“次级抵押贷款”危机，已导致这部累积债务的机器出现了问题。 - Most recently, the A-Level examination-marking debacle affecting hundreds of thousands of students shocked the nation.
“不久前，”A“水准考试评分风波影响了数以万计的学生，也震惊了英国社会。 - The upshot: Bank investors expecting a big rebound in earnings growth after the debacle of2007 will likely be disappointed.
结果是：期望银行业在2007年的大崩溃之后收益增长能大幅反弹的投资者可能会大失所望。