Word · Frequency #19035
debacles
惨败；崩溃
debacles is the plural of debacle.
核心释义
a complete and often humiliating failure or collapse
- 1.
突然且灾难性结束的事件或事业,常伴有耻辱性后果。
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
- 2.
突然而剧烈的崩溃
a sudden and violent collapse
- 3.
河流冲决天然水坝(通常为冰坝)及随之而来的急流。
A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
- 4.
春季或夏季河流中冰层破裂造成的洪水
flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
- 5.
惨败
a sound defeat
大败；溃败；冰坝溃决；凌汛；突然且灾难性结束的事件或事业,常伴有耻辱性后果。；突然而剧烈的崩溃；河流冲决天然水坝(通常为冰坝)及随之而来的急流。
用法In use
The company’s product launch was a debacle: the main demo malfunctioned and the CEO had to end the event early.
用法提示：这里“debacle”是可数名词，意为“惨败”，指突然以灾难性结局告终并带有耻辱性后果的事件。
The hiking team’s summit attempt ended in a debacle when a storm trapped them for two days.
用法提示：句中“debacle”作名词，指一次以灾难告终的行动，这里用作介词“in”的宾语。
The school’s charity dinner became a debacle after the caterer served the wrong food to everyone.
用法提示：句中“debacle”作名词，表示一场突然崩溃、令人难堪的活动，此处用作表语。
a [adjective] debacle
常用于强调某事的失败程度，可用 complete、total 等形容词修饰。
The product launch was a complete debacle.
这次产品发布完全是一场惨败。
end in a debacle
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- complete debacle
- 彻底的惨败
- The project was a complete debacle from start to finish.这个项目从头到尾都是一场彻底的惨败。
- financial debacle
- 金融崩溃
- The company's financial debacle cost thousands of people their jobs.公司的金融崩溃让成千上万人失业。
- political debacle
- 政治溃败
- The debate turned into a political debacle for the party.这场辩论变成了该党的政治溃败。
- end in debacle
- 以惨败告终
- Their ambitious plans ended in debacle.他们雄心勃勃的计划以惨败告终。
- military debacle
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：debacle像‘地败客’——地上惨败的客人狼狈而逃，象征惨败、突然崩溃。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：新闻报道、政治与商业评论、正式写作 该词通常用于正式或较书面语语境，多指计划、事件等的彻底失败或崩溃；口语中较少使用，日常对话更常说 disaster 或 failure。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为 debacles。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Debacle /dəˈbɑkəl/ has no common exact rhymes; the stress falls on the second syllable. The -acle words above are spelling lookalikes: they all end in a-c-l-e, but they keep the stress earlier and pronounce the ending as an unstressed /əkəl/ (or /nəkəl/), not as debacle's stressed /ɑːkəl/. Compare spelling, not sound.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.