Word · Frequency #11884
fiasco
惨败;彻底失败;可笑的局面
核心释义
A sudden or unexpected failure, collapse, or humiliating situation.
- 1.
突然或意外的失败。
A sudden or unexpected failure.
- 2.
突然而剧烈的崩溃
a sudden and violent collapse
- 3.
荒唐或丢人的局面;某件事彻底搞砸了。
A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
- 4.
一种带(通常为稻草)外套的酒瓶。
A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.
(通常裹有草编套的)酒瓶;突然或意外的失败。;突然而剧烈的崩溃;荒唐或丢人的局面;某件事彻底搞砸了。;一种带(通常为稻草)外套的酒瓶。
用法In use
The school play turned into a fiasco when the lights went out in the middle of the first scene.
用法提示:此处 fiasco 为可数名词,指彻底失败或糟糕透顶的局面。
After the software update, the company's online payment system was a total fiasco, leaving customers unable to buy anything.
用法提示:此处 fiasco 是名词,表示一次彻底的失败。
The outdoor concert ended in a fiasco because the band arrived late and the equipment broke down.
用法提示:fiasco 作名词,表示令人难堪的失败结局。
be a fiasco
fiasco 是可数名词,常与 complete、total 等词连用;常用单数。
The meeting was a complete fiasco.
这次会议是一场彻底的惨败。
end in a fiasco
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- complete fiasco
- 彻底的失败;完全惨败
- The outdoor wedding turned into a complete fiasco when it rained.下雨时,户外婚礼变成了一场彻底的失败。
- humiliating fiasco
- 丢人的惨败
- The team's performance was a humiliating fiasco in front of their home fans.球队在主队球迷面前的表现是一场丢人的惨败。
- diplomatic fiasco
- 外交惨败
- The canceled summit was widely seen as a diplomatic fiasco.峰会的取消被普遍视为一场外交惨败。
- end in fiasco
- 以惨败告终
- Their first attempt to launch the product ended in fiasco.他们第一次发布产品的尝试以惨败告终。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象 fiasco 像‘飞阿斯扣’:飞机被扣住飞不了,行动彻底失败,狼狈收场。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:新闻报道、日常对话、描述公开活动或计划失败 “fiasco”通常指完全失败、令人难堪的局面,多用于新闻报道、日常对话以及描述公共活动或项目失败时。正式文体中也可见,但语气比较偏口语化。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词;复数除 fiascos 外,也可写作 fiascoes,fiaschi 较少见。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
fiasco 读作 /fiˈæskoʊ/,重音在 /æ/ 上。Tabasco(/təˈbæskoʊ/)与其押韵,因为重读元音 /æ/ 及之后的 /skoʊ/ 一致。Fresco(/ˈfrɛskoʊ/)和 disco(/ˈdɪskoʊ/)拼写相近,但重读元音不同,因此不押韵。
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。
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