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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 convention was a debacle.
  这次大会开得非常失败。
• More than any other development, the MySpace debacle illustrates the troubles News Corp. has had in digital media.
  相比其他事态发展，MySpace的灾难性结局鲜明地体现了新闻集团在数码媒体领域的麻烦。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。