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
- The Doha debacle has exposed that theory for what it is.
多哈回合谈判的破裂,已暴露出这一理论的问题。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - As the debacle in the sub-prime mortgage sector illustrates, the resulting credit withdrawal could be quite dramatic.
正如美国次级抵押贷款领域崩溃所表明的那样,随之而来的信贷收缩可能会相当严重。 - 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? - 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。 - 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。