debacle

英 [dɪˈbɑːkl]

美 [dɪˈbɑːkl]

n.  大败; 崩溃; 垮台; 灾祸

复数：debacles　

GRETEM8

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

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 débâcle


• N-COUNT 彻底的失败;惨败
  Adebacleis an event or attempt that is a complete failure.
  1. 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。
  2. The convention was a debacle.
     这次大会开得非常失败。

英英释义

noun

• a sudden and violent collapse
  Synonym:fiasco
• a sound defeat
  Synonym:thrashingwallopingdrubbingslaughtertrouncingwhipping
• flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

双语例句

• The upshot: Bank investors expecting a big rebound in earnings growth after the debacle of2007 will likely be disappointed.
  结果是：期望银行业在2007年的大崩溃之后收益增长能大幅反弹的投资者可能会大失所望。
• 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 convention was a debacle.
  这次大会开得非常失败。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We got to retrieve something from this debacle.
  我们得从这次惨败中收回点什么。
• 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。
• 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。