shambles

英 [ˈʃæmblz]

美 [ˈʃæmblz]

n.  混乱局面; 无序的场面; 凌乱不堪; 一片狼藉; 肮脏(或凌乱)的地方
v.  拖着脚走; 蹒跚
shamble的第三人称单数

GRE

BNC.14494 / COCA.15858

牛津词典

noun

• 混乱局面；无序的场面；凌乱不堪；一片狼藉
  a situation in which there is a lot of confusion
  1. The press conference was a complete shambles.
     记者招待会一片混乱。
  2. What a shambles!
     好乱哪！
  3. The government is in a shambles over Europe.
     政府在欧洲问题上政策十分混乱。
• 肮脏（或凌乱）的地方
  a place which is dirty or untidy
  1. The house was a shambles.
     那间屋子凌乱不堪。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (地方、事件或局势)混乱无序，凌乱不堪，一片狼藉
  If a place, event, or situation isa shamblesor isin a shambles, everything is in disorder.
  1. The ship's interior was an utter shambles...
     船里面一片狼藉。
  2. The economy is in a shambles.
     经济混乱无序。

英英释义

noun

• a building where animals are butchered
  Synonym:abattoirbutcheryslaughterhouse
• a condition of great disorder

双语例句

• The economy is in a shambles.
  经济混乱无序。
• The ship's interior was an utter shambles
  船里面一片狼藉。
• Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise.
  在经济废墟中可能孕育着经济复苏的苗头。
• We regard the band as a thorough shambles.
  我们认为那个乐队一塌糊涂。
• The press conference was a complete shambles.
  记者招待会一片混乱。
• The way these files are arranged is the biggest shambles I've ever seen.
  这是我见到过的编排得最乱的文书档案。
• The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.
  这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。
• He left his affairs in a complete shambles when he died.
  他死后，留下了一堆混乱的事务。
• The floors where they occurred were a burned-out shambles.
  出事的几层楼变成一堆烧焦了的废墟，狼藉不堪。
• The new bookkeeper says the accounts are a shambles.
  新的簿记员说帐目一塌糊涂。