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    fiasco

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fi·as·co /fiˈæskəʊ $ -koʊ/ noun (plural fiascoes or fiascos) [countable]  FAILan event that is completely unsuccessful, in a way that is very embarrassing or disappointing 惨败，彻底的失败 SYN disaster The first lecture I ever gave was a complete fiasco. 我第一次讲课糟得一塌糊涂。
    Examples from the Corpus
    fiasco• The tension got to the dancers, too, and many expected the ballet to be a fiasco.• Matters should be taken further, and examples made, to ensure that such a fiasco never happens again.• The new mall has been an economic fiasco.• The dinner party had been a private and public fiasco.a complete fiasco• Prices have increased way beyond the rate of inflation and the Government's legislation to check monopolies is a complete fiasco.    Origin fiasco (1800-1900) Italian (far) fiasco “(to make) a bottle, to fail in a performance”
    fi·as·co nounChineseSyllable
    that completely Corpus event an a in is unsuccessful,


    fiasco
    fi‧as‧co /fiˈæskəʊ $ -koʊ/ noun (plural fiascoes or fiascos) [countable]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: Italian
     Origin: (far) fiasco '(to make) a bottle, to fail in a performance'
    an event that is completely unsuccessful, in a way that is very embarrassing or disappointing
       SYN  disaster:
        The first lecture I ever gave was a complete fiasco.
         
    THESAURUS
       ▪ failure noun [countable] someone or something that is not successful: The book was a complete failure. | I felt a complete failure.
       ▪ flop noun [countable] informal something that is not successful because people do not like it – used especially about a film, play, product, or performance: Despite the hype, the movie was a flop at the box office. | Their next computer was a flop.
       ▪ disaster noun [countable] used when saying that something is extremely unsuccessful: Our first date was a disaster. | Their marriage was a total disaster.
       ▪ fiasco noun [countable usually singular] something that is completely unsuccessful and goes very badly wrong – used especially about things that have been officially planned, which go very wrong: The baggage system broke down on the first day the airport was open. It was a complete fiasco. | The fiasco came close to ending de Gaulle's political career.
       ▪ debacle noun [countable usually singular] formal an event or situation that is a complete failure, because it does not happen in the way that it was officially planned: the banking debacle that has put our economy at risk
       ▪ shambles noun [singular] especially British English if a situation or event is a shambles, it is completely unsuccessful because it has been very badly planned or organized, and no one seems to know what to do: The first few shows were a shambles, but things soon got better.
       ▪ washout noun [singular] informal a failure – used when something is so bad that it would be better if it had not happened: The play wasn’t a complete washout; the acting was okay. | His most recent and ambitious project, a big-budget Hollywood film, was a washout with both critics and audiences alike.
       ▪ turkey noun [countable] informal something that is so bad and unsuccessful that you think the people involved should be embarrassed about it – a very informal use: At the time most people thought the car was a complete turkey. | Since then he has appeared in a string of turkeys.


    fi·ascoBrE /fiˈæskəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /fiˈæskoʊ/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    fi·ascos    , NAmE also fi·ascoes    )     (informal)     something that does not succeed, often in a way that causes embarrassment 惨败；可耻的失败；尴尬的结局 SYN disaster ◆What a fiasco! 真是使人下不了台！🔊🔊