Debacle Meaning in English

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释义

A debacle is a sudden and complete failure, often causing embarrassment or disaster. It describes a situation that goes wrong in a dramatic or public way.

用法与细微差别

'Debacle' is formal or semi-formal; often used in news, business, or academic contexts. Collocates with 'financial', 'political', 'marketing', etc. Not for small or personal failures—use for dramatic, large-scale problems. Avoid confusing with 'mistake' or 'problem', which are less severe.

• Spanish: desastre - fiasco
• Portuguese (BR): fracasso - desastre - fiasco
• Portuguese (PT): fracasso - desastre - fiasco
• Chinese (Simplified): 灾难 - 崩溃 (比喻) - 惨败
• Chinese (Traditional): 災難 - 崩潰 (比喻) - 慘敗
• Hindi: विफलता - आपदा
• Arabic: كارثة - فشل ذريع
• Bengali: বিপর্যয় - অসফলতা (গুরুতর)
• Russian: крах - провал (катастрофа)
• Japanese: 大失敗 - 大惨事
• Vietnamese: thất bại thảm hại - tai họa
• Korean: 대실패 - 대참사
• Turkish: fiyasko - büyük başarısızlık
• Urdu: بدترین ناکامی - زبردست ناکامی
• Indonesian: kegagalan total - bencana

例句

The new product launch was a debacle.

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What a total debacle! I can't believe everything went wrong so quickly.

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The team's defeat in the finals was a debacle for the club.

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Many investors lost money in the financial debacle.

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Last year’s festival turned into a public relations debacle after the power went out.

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If we don’t fix this soon, it could become another PR debacle.

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