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小词详解 | debacle
debacle 英 [dɪˈbɑːkl] 美 [dɪˈbɑːkl]
But the crisis at WeWork, a trendy office-rental firm whose boss, Adam Neumann, stepped down this week after its attempt to float its shares turned into a debacle, shows that businesses are still struggling to come up with a new format.
但是,时髦的办公空间租赁公司 WeWork 的危机显示,企业在寻找新办公模式的路上仍然彷徨不定。近日,在 WeWork 上市的尝试大败后,公司首席执行官亚当·诺伊曼宣布辞职。
——《经济学人》The debacle in Pocatello was a very large hit.
在波卡特洛的惨败是非常大的打击。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 突然且耻辱的失败;惨败
败军在溃逃时有很多人被击毙或俘虏。官方公布的死亡人数现已达900人。
Many men were shot or captured in the debacle. The official death toll has now reached 900.经历了这场战争的惨败之后,他们被劝服,认识到了和平的好处。
After the debacle of the war they have been persuaded of the merits of peace.
We got to retrieve something from this debacle.
我们得从这次惨败中收回点什么。
rout: a decisive defeat fiasco: a thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way disaster: a person or thing that is a complete failure