shambles

英 [ˈʃæmblz]

美 [ˈʃæmblz]

n.  混乱局面; 无序的场面; 凌乱不堪; 一片狼藉; 肮脏(或凌乱)的地方
v.  拖着脚走; 蹒跚
shamble的第三人称单数

GRE

BNC.14494 / COCA.15858

牛津词典

noun

• 混乱局面；无序的场面；凌乱不堪；一片狼藉
  a situation in which there is a lot of confusion
  1. The press conference was a complete shambles.
     记者招待会一片混乱。
  2. What a shambles!
     好乱哪！
  3. The government is in a shambles over Europe.
     政府在欧洲问题上政策十分混乱。
• 肮脏（或凌乱）的地方
  a place which is dirty or untidy
  1. The house was a shambles.
     那间屋子凌乱不堪。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (地方、事件或局势)混乱无序，凌乱不堪，一片狼藉
  If a place, event, or situation isa shamblesor isin a shambles, everything is in disorder.
  1. The ship's interior was an utter shambles...
     船里面一片狼藉。
  2. The economy is in a shambles.
     经济混乱无序。

英英释义

noun

• a building where animals are butchered
  Synonym:abattoirbutcheryslaughterhouse
• a condition of great disorder

双语例句

• For some of his secularist Turkish critics, Erdogan's foreign policy is a shambles of ambiguity and instability.
  对部分世俗主义评论家而言，艾尔段的外交政策在模拟两可和不稳定当中摆荡。
• Though some reconstruction efforts are underway, much of the region still lies in shambles.
  尽管一些重建工作一再进行，但是大部分地区任然是废墟。
• The room was a shambles after the dinner party.
  宴会后房间里乱七八糟。
• With incredible detail, the long-forgotten papercuts portray the euphoria and zeal of the era as well as the violence and destruction that left the Chinese economy in shambles.
  这些早已被人遗忘的剪纸用令人赞叹的细节表现着那个时代的幸福和热忱以及暴力和被摧毁后残余的中国经济碎片。
• I have never seen such a shambles in my life.
  我一辈子都没见过这么乱七八糟的场面。
• Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise.
  在经济废墟中可能孕育着经济复苏的苗头。
• Why's our inner streets left in shambles?
  我们内心的街道何以变成废墟？
• Why after a decade of web distribution is the hotel industry such a shambles!
  为什么经过十来年的网络分销，酒店业如此混乱！
• The floors where they occurred were a burned-out shambles.
  出事的几层楼变成一堆烧焦了的废墟，狼藉不堪。
• The press conference was a complete shambles.
  记者招待会一片混乱。