debacle

英 [dɪˈbɑːkl]

美 [dɪˈbɑːkl]

n. 大败; 崩溃; 垮台; 灾祸

复数：debacles　

GRE TEM8

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

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。
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。
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。
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。
I started reading and got intrigued by the heroic stories within this debacle.
我开始读书，对这一悲剧中的英雄故事着了迷。
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？
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。
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。
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。
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。