débâcle: [19] A débâcle is etymologically an ‘act of unbarring’, the notion behind it being that once a restraining bar is removed, a rush of disasters follows. It was borrowed at the start of the 19th century (originally in the technical geological sense of a ‘sudden violent surge of water in a river’) from French, where it was a derivative of débâcler, a verb formed from dé- ‘de-, un-’ and bâcler ‘bar’. This was acquired from Provençal baclar ‘bar a door’, which came from medieval Latin *bacculāre, a derivative of Latin bacculus ‘stick’ (responsible also for English bacillus and bacterium). => bacillus, bacterium
debacle (n.)
"disaster," 1848, from French débâcle "downfall, collapse, disaster" (17c.), a figurative use, literally "breaking up (of ice on a river)," extended to the violent flood that follows when the river ice melts in spring; from débâcler "to free," from Middle French desbacler "to unbar," from des- "off" + bacler "to bar," from Vulgar Latin *bacculare, from Latin baculum "stick" (see bacillus). Sense of "disaster" was present in French before English borrowed the word.
debacle 英文释义
1. a sudden and violent collapse
2. flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
3. a sound defeat
debacle 双语例句
1. 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.
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2. The Argentine debacle has important lessons to teach.
阿根廷的崩溃提供了重要的教训.
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3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
4. His first performance was a debacle : the audience booed him off the stage.
他的首场演出 一败涂地,观众发出嘘声把他轰下了台.
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5. The convention was a debacle.
这次大会开得非常失败。
来自辞典例句
debacle 实用场景例句
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
The convention was a debacle.
这次大会开得非常失败。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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.
期刊摘选
It was a medical and political debacle, one spawned fears of flu vaccinations lingering to today.
这是一次医疗和政治的崩溃, 导致人们对流感疫苗的恐惧至今挥之不去.
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After all, sitting and waiting is how we made money from the subprime debacle.
毕竟, 我们如何从次贷崩溃赚钱就是坐着等待.
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His first performance was a debacle : the audience booed him off the stage.
他的首场演出 一败涂地,观众发出嘘声把他轰下了台.
《简明英汉词典》
The Argentine debacle has important lessons to teach.
阿根廷的崩溃提供了重要的教训.
《简明英汉词典》
The debacle at Waterloo signaled the end of Napoleon's power.
滑铁卢的溃败暗示拿破仑政权的结束.
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It's also what we ourselves did after the savings and loan debacle of the Reagan years.
在里根执政期间,面对储蓄和贷款崩溃的时候,我们自己也用过.
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Both played a role in the Bounty debacle.
两者在邦迪号的叛乱中都占有一席之地.
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This debacle suggests the Bank of England's regime was too strict in a crisis.
这一转变暗示在危机当中,英格兰银行的制度太过苛刻.
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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.
《简明英汉词典》
And don't use the debacle to start a general discussion about the difficulties in your relationship.
另外,无所不能利用这次意外,对你们联系中的症结发起一场大研讨.
期刊摘选
The Mississippi River debacle caused great suffering.
美国密西西比河泛滥成巨灾.
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After the currency reforms, angry citizens threw anonymous notes on the ground criticising the debacle.
在货币改革后, 愤怒的人们往广场上扔匿名信,批评这次改革.
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But the FutureGen debacle has shown the all too messy reality of innovation.
然而,“未来发电”的瓦解显示出改革现实仍就相当混乱.
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History will still record that the invasion and occupation have been a debacle.
历史仍然会将对伊拉克的入侵和占领视为巨大的失败.
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Mr Martin did not force those implicated in the expenses debacle to submit dodgy claims.
马丁先生并没有破那些牵涉开支崩溃的人们屈服于冒险的要求.
期刊摘选
It also avoid the kind of public relations debacle Detroit's fat cats endured last week.
也可以避免像底特律那些脑满肠肥的主管一样,在上周忍受完全失败的公关所带来的苦果.
期刊摘选
The convention was a debacle.
这次大会开得非常失败。
辞典例句
After the debacle of the war the world was never the same again.
