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
- 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。 - 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。 - By common consent China is the chief beneficiary of the financial debacle and a serious challenger to US hegemony.
各方同意,中国是此次金融危机的主要受益者,也是美国霸权的一大挑战者。 - 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。 - Debacle: a sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout.
崩溃:指突然的、灾难性的倒塌、衰败或失败;溃败。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。