"shellacking" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 惨败
• 大败

Definition

“Shellacking”是指在体育、政治或争论中遭遇惨败或彻底失败的非正式说法。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

非常口语化，多用于非正式对话，常见于体育和政治语境（如“They took a real shellacking”）。表示远远超出普通失败的大败。此词美式英语更多用，其他地区不常见。

Examples

Our team got a shellacking at the game last night.

我们队昨晚比赛时遭遇了**惨败**。

The candidate took a shellacking in the election.

那位候选人在选举中遭遇了**惨败**。

We weren’t expecting such a shellacking.

我们没想到会遭到这样的**大败**。

The coach admitted the team took a real shellacking after the match.

教练承认球队赛后确实遭遇了**惨败**。

If you keep playing like this, you’re headed for a shellacking.

如果你继续这样打下去，你就要遭**惨败**了。

Wow, that was a total shellacking—we didn’t stand a chance.

哇，那真是**彻底的惨败**——我们毫无胜算。