debacle meaning in English
短语和例子
n.
〔法语〕
1.(冰河的)溃裂，解冻；(河水的)奔溢，泛滥。
2.【地质学；地理学】山崩。
3.溃散；瓦解，崩溃，毁灭。
4.突然地大混乱；(政府等)大崩溃。
Examples
- Speaking of profits, i like mrs. jordan's idea of turning our montayne debacle into a commercial advantage .
谈到利润，我赞成乔丹女士关于把蒙太尼的祸事变为好事的想法。 - Some of the debacles of our diplomatic history have been perpetrated by presidents who fancied themselves negotiators .
我们外交史上某些灾难就是由一些把自己幻想成谈判家的总统造成的。 - The suez debacle in 1956 was a sudden eye-opener to the decline of british power in the eastern mediterranean .
1956年苏伊士运河事件上的垮台，突然使世人恍然大悟，看出英国在东地中海的地位衰落了。 - 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 - The mississippi river debacle caused great suffering
美国密西西比河泛滥成巨灾。