"shellacking" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 慘敗
• 大敗

Definition

“Shellacking”是一個非正式詞語，用來形容在體育、政治或爭論中遭遇慘敗或徹底失敗。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非常口語化，多用於非正式對話，尤其在體育和政治上（如“They took a real shellacking”）。表示比普通失敗更嚴重的大敗。此詞多見於美式英語。

Examples

Our team got a shellacking at the game last night.

我們隊昨晚比賽時遭遇了**慘敗**。

The candidate took a shellacking in the election.

那位候選人在選舉中遭遇了**慘敗**。

We weren’t expecting such a shellacking.

我們沒想到會遭到這樣的**大敗**。

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

教練承認隊伍賽後真的遭遇了**慘敗**。

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

如果你繼續這樣打下去，你就要遭**慘敗**了。

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

哇，那真是**徹底的慘敗**——我們毫無勝算。