shambles

noun

1. 混乱局面；无序的场面；凌乱不堪；一片狼藉
   a situation in which there is a lot of confusion
   1. The press conference was a complete shambles.
      记者招待会一片混乱。
   2. What a shambles!
      好乱哪！
   3. The government is in a shambles over Europe.
      政府在欧洲问题上政策十分混乱。
2. 肮脏（或凌乱）的地方
   a place which is dirty or untidy
   1. The house was a shambles.
      那间屋子凌乱不堪。

1. N-SING (地方、事件或局势)混乱无序，凌乱不堪，一片狼藉
   If a place, event, or situation is a shambles or is in a shambles, everything is in disorder.
   1. The ship's interior was an utter shambles...
      船里面一片狼藉。
   2. The economy is in a shambles.
      经济混乱无序。

1. I have never seen such a shambles in my life.
   我一辈子都没见过这么乱七八糟的场面。
2. Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise.
   在经济废墟中可能孕育着经济复苏的苗头。
3. The ship's interior was an utter shambles
   船里面一片狼藉。
4. The economy is in a shambles.
   经济混乱无序。
5. We regard the band as a thorough shambles.
   我们认为那个乐队一塌糊涂。
6. The floors where they occurred were a burned-out shambles.
   出事的几层楼变成一堆烧焦了的废墟，狼藉不堪。
7. This temple, once in shambles, has a new roof.
   这座寺庙曾经陷入过一片混乱，如今则处于新屋顶的庇护之下。
8. We have just moved in, so we're in a bit of a shambles.
   我们刚迁入新居，所以现在还有点乱。
9. Then suddenly we all about-turn and decide he was pretty hopeless and the company a shambles.
   然而突然之间，我们全都来了个大转向，认为他简直无药可救，这家公司也是一个烂摊子。
10. Another thirty-four wounded in the fighting, which left the area a shambles.
    另有三十四人受伤，交战地区成了一片废墟。
11. The new bookkeeper says the accounts are a shambles.
    新的簿记员说帐目一塌糊涂。
12. But my life's been in a shambles.
    但我的生活真是一团糟。
13. The way these files are arranged is the biggest shambles I've ever seen.
    这是我见到过的编排得最乱的文书档案。
14. For some of his secularist Turkish critics, Erdogan's foreign policy is a shambles of ambiguity and instability.
    对部分世俗主义评论家而言，艾尔段的外交政策在模拟两可和不稳定当中摆荡。
15. Why's our inner streets left in shambles?
    我们内心的街道何以变成废墟？
16. Her desk is a shambles.
    她的桌子上乱七八糟。
17. He left his affairs in a complete shambles when he died.
    他死后，留下了一堆混乱的事务。
18. Government corruption has left the economy in a shambles.
    政府的腐败使得经济一片混乱。
19. For Herge, China was a country in shambles deserving help and sympathy;
    在丁丁眼中，中国是一个积贫积弱，却又十分值得同情和帮助的东方古国；
20. Many onlookers point to an erratic Transitional Plan and an economy in shambles.
    许多观察人士指责过渡方案变来变去，经济发展也步履蹒跚。
21. The room was a shambles after the dinner party.
    宴会后房间里乱七八糟。
22. The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.
    这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。
23. Why after a decade of web distribution is the hotel industry such a shambles!
    为什么经过十来年的网络分销，酒店业如此混乱！
24. Their reasoning is obvious: spot prices are sky-high and the process of annual negotiations is a shambles.
    他们的逻辑很明显：现货价格高企，而每次年度谈判都搞得乱七八糟。
25. The press conference was a complete shambles.
    记者招待会一片混乱。
26. One wonders how a conference to conclude two years of detailed negotiations, building on more than a decade of previous talks, could have collapsed into such a shambles.
    人们纳闷的是，一场总结两年详尽谈判、并以此前十多年多次谈判为基础的大会，怎么会分崩离析，陷入如此的混乱？
27. With incredible detail, the long-forgotten papercuts portray the euphoria and zeal of the era as well as the violence and destruction that left the Chinese economy in shambles.
    这些早已被人遗忘的剪纸用令人赞叹的细节表现着那个时代的幸福和热忱以及暴力和被摧毁后残余的中国经济碎片。
28. The organization of the event was a total shambles.
    这次活动的组织糟糕透了。
29. Though some reconstruction efforts are underway, much of the region still lies in shambles.
    尽管一些重建工作一再进行，但是大部分地区任然是废墟。
30. Then the noise outside increased still further and, adding to the ballroom shambles, a phalanx of newcomers pushed their way in.
    这时外面的喧闹声更大了，一群人硬挤了进来，使舞厅里更加混乱。

noun

1. a building where animals are butchered

   Synonym:    abattoirbutcheryslaughterhouse

2. a condition of great disorder