Debacle
[ dɪˈbɑkəl ]
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n. 崩溃，瓦解;（河水的）奔溢，泛滥;[地]山崩;突然大地混乱;
💡 词根助记
deb欠+acle物品，状态→欠很多钱→崩溃
📝 例句
I started reading and got intrigued by the heroic stories within this debacle.
我开始读书，对这一悲剧中的英雄故事着了迷。
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.
The Argentine debacle has important lessons to teach.
阿根廷的崩溃提供了重要的教训。
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.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※谐音“堤坝口”:堤坝口,崩溃否→瓦解
※谐音“第八扣”:乒乓球比赛异常激烈,在第八扣后才使对手溃败
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
debacle
n
(a) sudden and complete failure; fiasco 突然的大失败; 惨败
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.
(b) retreat by beaten troops who run away scared and in disorder 败军在慌乱中的溃逃
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.
🔁 扩展释义
*[dei'bɑ:kl]n. 崩溃, 大失败
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Harry, would you like to see a menu? Harry
你想看看菜单吗？
Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.
朋友可相逢，高山永分离。
Wait, Shylock. The law of Venice says that if anyone tries to kill or murder any citizen of Venice, everything that he owns shall be taken away from him.
等一等，夏洛克。威尼斯的法律规定任何企图杀害或谋害任何威尼斯公民的人，他所有的一切必须被没收。