debacle

debacle

英 [dɪˈbɑːkəl]
　　美 [dɪˈbɑkəl]

n. 崩潰；災害；解凍

中文詞源：

debacle 崩潰

de-, 不，非，使相反。 -bacle, 桿，棍，支撐，詞源同 bachelor, bacteria.即移除支撐，引申義崩潰。

例句：

1. Many men were shot or captured in the debacle.
敗軍在潰逃時有很多人被擊斃或俘虜.

2. The Argentine debacle has important lessons to teach.
阿根廷的崩潰提供瞭重要的教訓.

3. After the debacle of the war the world was never the same again.
經歷瞭這場戰爭的慘敗之後，世界再也不是原來的那個樣子瞭。

4. His first performance was a debacle : the audience booed him off the stage.
他的首場演出 一敗塗地,觀眾發出噓聲把他轟下瞭臺.

5. The convention was a debacle.
這次大會開得非常失敗。