debacle

英 [deɪ'bɑːkl] 美 [deɪ'bɑːkl]

• n. 惨败；溃逃；灾难；狂流

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sudden and violent collapse

2. flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

3. a sound defeat

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. 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。
2. The debacle at Waterloo signaled the end of Napoleon's power.
   滑铁卢的溃败暗示拿破仑政权的结束。
3. Many men were shot or captured in the debacle.
   败军在溃逃时有很多人被击毙或俘虏。
4. Bernabo Bocca, chairman of the Italian hoteliers' association, described the results as a debacle.
   意大利酒店经营者协会主席博卡认为结果是灾难性的。
5. Now, six years after the intussusception debacle, the rotavirus gamble is paying off.
   肠套叠灾难至今已过了六年，疫苗开发者对轮状病毒所下的赌注也开始回收。
6. The Mississippi River debacle caused great suffering.
   美国密西西比河泛滥成巨灾。

近反义词

【近义词】

• fiasco 惨败
• disaster 灾难
• catastrophe 大灾难
• shambles 凌乱
• tragedy 悲剧
• calamity 灾难
• misfortune 不幸
• farce 闹剧
• trouncing 动词trounce的现在...
• walloping 痛打
• thrashing <口>轻易击败...
• drubbing 殴打
• whipping 鞭打
• slaughter 残杀