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

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 débâcle

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

His first performance was a debacle: the audience booed him off the stage.
他的首场演出一败涂地，观众发出嘘声把他轰下了台。
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。
Debacle: a sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout.
崩溃：指突然的、灾难性的倒塌、衰败或失败；溃败。
The Argentine debacle has important lessons to teach.
阿根廷的崩溃提供了重要的教训。
This last debacle largely explains the deficits experienced and forecast.
最后的这种崩溃很大程度上解释了已发生和预期将出现的赤字。
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 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。
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。
In recent months, what started as a debacle has turned into a nightmare.
近几个月来，金融体系最初的崩溃已成为一个噩梦。