debacle

noun

1. 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


1. N-COUNT 彻底的失败;惨败
   A debacle is 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。

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。
3. The Argentine debacle has important lessons to teach.
   阿根廷的崩溃提供了重要的教训。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. We got to retrieve something from this debacle.
   我们得从这次惨败中收回点什么。
9. 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？
10. The debacle is due to the unexpected severity of the financial crisis and shocking policy errors.
    冰岛崩溃的原因在于这场金融危机出人意料的严重程度和该国政府骇人听闻的政策失误。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. The central banks bear equal responsibility in the current debacle.
    各国央行对目前的崩溃局面负有同等的责任。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. Old hands need to look with new eyes, for this week's debacle constitutes the biggest threat yet to the post-war trading system.
    老手们需要新的思维，因为本周的崩溃对战后贸易系统构成了史上最大的威胁。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. By common consent China is the chief beneficiary of the financial debacle and a serious challenger to US hegemony.
    各方同意，中国是此次金融危机的主要受益者，也是美国霸权的一大挑战者。

noun

1. a sudden and violent collapse

   Synonym:    fiasco

2. a sound defeat

   Synonym:    thrashingwallopingdrubbingslaughtertrouncingwhipping

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