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
- We got to retrieve something from this debacle.
我们得从这次惨败中收回点什么。 - The Argentine debacle has important lessons to teach.
阿根廷的崩溃提供了重要的教训。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。