Debacle



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 解冻; 崩溃
• ［英］ n. 解冻 ( breaking up of ice) ; 崩溃 ( a total collapse or failure)
• ［类］ 反义词: complete success ( 完全成功)
• ［记］ 来自法语, de+bacle ( 阻挡) -> 阻挡不住 -> 崩溃;
• ［同］ 参考: debar ( 阻拦, 禁止)

Webster Collegiate

also débacle noun

• Etymology: French débacle, from débacler to clear, from Middle French desbacler, from des- de- + bacler to block, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bacculare, from Latin baculum staff
• Date: 1802
• 1. a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river
• 2. a violent disruption (as of an army) ; rout
• 3.
  • a. a great disaster
  • b. a complete failure ; fiasco

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