a (complete/total) rout
表示“惨败”时是可数名词，常与 a 连用。
The election result was a complete rout for the government.
选举结果对政府来说是一次彻底的惨败。
溃退；败退；（古/罕）溃退的队伍；散乱的一群；杂乱的一堆；暴民；乌合之众；（古）平民百姓；一群杂乱无章的事物。；彻底击败敌军或敌方力量使其溃退的行为；(引申)在政治、体育等中决定性的失败；惨败。
a complete defeat of an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in disorder; also a convincing defeat in politics, sport, etc.
一群杂乱无章的事物。
A group of disorganized things.
彻底击败敌军或敌方力量使其溃退的行为；(引申)在政治、体育等中决定性的失败；惨败。
The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
一群(常为暴力的)罪犯或匪徒；这类人；乌合之众,暴民；(古,前接the)平民,贱民。
A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
敌军等的溃退；(古,罕)如此溃退的军队等。
The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
The team suffered a devastating rout in the championship game.
球队在冠军赛中遭受了毁灭性的溃败。
用法提示：名词，表示惨败。
The general's poor strategy led to a complete rout of his army.
将军的糟糕策略导致他的军队全军溃败。
用法提示：名词，指军队的溃败。
The incumbent party faced an electoral rout, losing most of its seats.
执政党在选举中遭遇溃败，失去了大部分席位。
用法提示：名词，指选举中的惨败。
表示“惨败”时是可数名词，常与 a 连用。
The election result was a complete rout for the government.
选举结果对政府来说是一次彻底的惨败。
suffer a rout 是常见动宾搭配，强调失败的一方“遭到”惨败。
The home team suffered a rout in the championship game.
主队在冠军赛中惨败。
in full rout 是固定短语，描述溃败逃跑的状态。
The invading army fled in full rout after the surprise attack.
遭到突袭后，入侵敌军全线溃退。
通用词，语气中性；可用于战争、比赛或竞争中的任何失利，但不强调 rout 所含的“彻底溃败、混乱撤退”之意。
多用于比赛或竞争中一方输掉；语气不如 rout 重，通常不含“被彻底打垮”的强调意味。
非正式、口语化，常见于体育或冲突语境，强调被彻底击垮；正式写作中不如 rout 贴切。
语气较强，常见于体育或政治报道；比 thrashing 正式，但仍不及 rout 侧重溃退的混乱场面。
grammar · medium
易错句子The enemy's retreat soon became a complete route.
正确表达The enemy's retreat soon became a complete rout.
route 意为“路线；道路”，是另一个名词；rout 才表示“溃败；惨败”。此处因拼写相近误用 route，改为 rout 后句子才表达“溃败”的意思。
grammar · medium
易错句子The team suffered rout in the final.
正确表达The team suffered a rout in the final.
rout 表示“惨败、溃败”时是可数名词，指某一次具体事件，需用不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏，故加 a 才合语法。
rout 作名词意为“溃败、惨败”，而 route 意为“路线、道路、途径”。美式英语中 route 有时读作 /raʊt/，与 rout 同音，拼写也只差一个字母，容易在书写时混淆。
彻底的溃败
The election result was a complete rout for the ruling party.
选举结果对执政党来说是一次彻底的溃败。
耻辱性的惨败
The home team suffered a humiliating rout in the cup final.
主队在杯赛决赛中遭受了耻辱性的惨败。
遭到溃败
The army suffered a rout and retreated in total chaos.
军队遭到溃败，在一片混乱中撤退。
击溃某人；使某人溃退
The cavalry charge put the enemy to rout.
骑兵的冲锋击溃了敌人。
变成一场大溃败
What began as a minor clash soon turned into a rout.
起初的小冲突很快变成了一场大溃败。
rout 常用于军事语境，描述战场上一方被彻底击溃。
被 rout 的对象通常是 troops，即遭受溃败的军队。
rout 的典型特征就是敌方陷入混乱、失去组织。
rout 会严重打击败方士气，是相关话题的常见关联词。
rout 可引申指政治或体育中的决定性失败，常与崩溃伴随出现。
彻底击败，使溃败
The enemy was put to rout by the allied forces.
敌军被盟军彻底击败。
（军队等）完全溃退（地）
The defenders fled in full rout when the gates were breached.
城门被攻破后，守军完全溃退而逃。
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