今天我們要學(xué)的詞是 debacle.
debacle 的意思是崩潰,一敗涂地。
The Iowa caucuses, the first test of Democratic Party presidential candidates, had an embarrassing debacle as officials blamed state party and technological problems for not being able to provide results hours after the voting ended. 愛奧華州的黨內(nèi)初選是對民主黨總統(tǒng)參選人的首次考驗,但隨著投票結(jié)束數(shù)小時后仍無法得出結(jié)果而陷入令人尷尬的失敗局面,官員們將其歸咎于該州的民主黨和技術(shù)故障。
The Latin American region reported little to no growth last year leading some economists to wonder what led to the area's economic debacle. 拉丁美洲地區(qū)報告去年幾乎沒有經(jīng)濟(jì)增長,一些經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家想了解是什么導(dǎo)致了該地區(qū)的經(jīng)濟(jì)崩潰。