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

• As BP's Russian debacle showed, there are few quick fixes in the oil business.
  BP在俄罗斯的经历的失败告诉我们，在石油行业里，很少能迅速谈成或落实什么买卖。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The debacle is due to the unexpected severity of the financial crisis and shocking policy errors.
  冰岛崩溃的原因在于这场金融危机出人意料的严重程度和该国政府骇人听闻的政策失误。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We got to retrieve something from this debacle.
  我们得从这次惨败中收回点什么。
• The convention was a debacle.
  这次大会开得非常失败。