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。 - His first performance was a debacle: the audience booed him off the stage.
他的首场演出一败涂地，观众发出嘘声把他轰下了台。 - I started reading and got intrigued by the heroic stories within this debacle.
我开始读书，对这一悲剧中的英雄故事着了迷。 - Earlier Tuesday, analysts continued to blast the company for its handling of the currency debacle.
周二早些时候，分析师们仍在继续炮轰中信泰富对这项外汇投资巨亏事件的处理。 - This is understandable, given the scale of the debacle.
考虑到这场崩溃的规模，这一点可以理解。 - 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。 - In most cities our public school system is a debacle.
在大多数城市，我们的公共教育体系就是个大败笔。 - This was the case with the savings and loan debacle in the 1980s, or Japan of today.
上世纪80年代的储蓄贷款业崩溃以及如今的日本就是如此。 - The collapse of the company was described as the greatest financial debacle in us history.
这家公司的倒闭被喻为是美国历史上最严重的一次金融大崩溃。 - The unfolding economic debacle in the developed world is wounding China, but not killing it.
发达世界上演的经济危机已经波及中国，但还没有严重到扼杀中国经济的增长势头。