shambles

英 [ˈʃæmblz]

美 [ˈʃæmblz]

n.  混乱局面; 无序的场面; 凌乱不堪; 一片狼藉; 肮脏(或凌乱)的地方
v.  拖着脚走; 蹒跚
shamble的第三人称单数

GRE

BNC.14494 / COCA.15858

牛津词典

noun

• 混乱局面；无序的场面；凌乱不堪；一片狼藉
  a situation in which there is a lot of confusion
  1. The press conference was a complete shambles.
     记者招待会一片混乱。
  2. What a shambles!
     好乱哪！
  3. The government is in a shambles over Europe.
     政府在欧洲问题上政策十分混乱。
• 肮脏（或凌乱）的地方
  a place which is dirty or untidy
  1. The house was a shambles.
     那间屋子凌乱不堪。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING (地方、事件或局势)混乱无序，凌乱不堪，一片狼藉
  If a place, event, or situation isa shamblesor isin a shambles, everything is in disorder.
  1. The ship's interior was an utter shambles...
     船里面一片狼藉。
  2. The economy is in a shambles.
     经济混乱无序。

英英释义

noun

• a building where animals are butchered
  Synonym:abattoirbutcheryslaughterhouse
• a condition of great disorder

双语例句

• Government corruption has left the economy in a shambles.
  政府的腐败使得经济一片混乱。
• Why after a decade of web distribution is the hotel industry such a shambles!
  为什么经过十来年的网络分销，酒店业如此混乱！
• We regard the band as a thorough shambles.
  我们认为那个乐队一塌糊涂。
• For Herge, China was a country in shambles deserving help and sympathy;
  在丁丁眼中，中国是一个积贫积弱，却又十分值得同情和帮助的东方古国；
• The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.
  这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。
• But my life's been in a shambles.
  但我的生活真是一团糟。
• The room was a shambles after the dinner party.
  宴会后房间里乱七八糟。
• The economy is in a shambles.
  经济混乱无序。
• Then suddenly we all about-turn and decide he was pretty hopeless and the company a shambles.
  然而突然之间，我们全都来了个大转向，认为他简直无药可救，这家公司也是一个烂摊子。
• With incredible detail, the long-forgotten papercuts portray the euphoria and zeal of the era as well as the violence and destruction that left the Chinese economy in shambles.
  这些早已被人遗忘的剪纸用令人赞叹的细节表现着那个时代的幸福和热忱以及暴力和被摧毁后残余的中国经济碎片。