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 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。 - We got to retrieve something from this debacle.
我们得从这次惨败中收回点什么。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - 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。 - 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。