fiascos

英 [fɪˈæskəʊz]

美 [fiˈæskoʊz]

n.  惨败; 可耻的失败; 尴尬的结局
fiasco的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 彻底的失败;大败;惨败
  If you describe an event or attempt to do something as afiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely.
  1. The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him...
     查尔斯顿惨败错不在他。
  2. It was a bit of a fiasco.
     这败得有点惨。

双语例句

• There have been fiascos.
  这中间曾有惨败。
• This is a good thing given the role of the board in so many fiascos, most recently the autonomy debacle.
  鉴于董事会在许多事件中遭遇惨败，特别是近期的自治崩溃，这不失为一个好消息。
• But this episode is one in a long line of fiascos for Yahoo.
  不过，对于久经考验的雅虎而言，这不过是小插曲而已。