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
- 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。 - The upshot: Bank investors expecting a big rebound in earnings growth after the debacle of2007 will likely be disappointed.
结果是：期望银行业在2007年的大崩溃之后收益增长能大幅反弹的投资者可能会大失所望。 - The collapse of the company was described as the greatest financial debacle in us history.
这家公司的倒闭被喻为是美国历史上最严重的一次金融大崩溃。 - The Doha debacle has exposed that theory for what it is.
多哈回合谈判的破裂，已暴露出这一理论的问题。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The Argentine debacle has important lessons to teach.
阿根廷的崩溃提供了重要的教训。 - 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？ - More than any other development, the MySpace debacle illustrates the troubles News Corp. has had in digital media.
相比其他事态发展，MySpace的灾难性结局鲜明地体现了新闻集团在数码媒体领域的麻烦。