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
- This last debacle largely explains the deficits experienced and forecast.
最后的这种崩溃很大程度上解释了已发生和预期将出现的赤字。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - So who is to blame for the debacle and what lessons should the UK learn?
那么，这场崩溃究竟是谁的错呢？英国又能从中汲取何种教训呢？ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - One of the big lessons of the 1987 stock market crash, and again the 1998 long-term capital management debacle, is that by their fast reactions, policymakers can isolate "Wall Street" from "main street".
1987年股灾和1998年长期资本管理公司（long-termcapitalmanagement）覆没的一大教训是，如果反应快速，政策制定者可以将“华尔街”与“商业街”隔离开来。