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

• This temple, once in shambles, has a new roof.
  这座寺庙曾经陷入过一片混乱，如今则处于新屋顶的庇护之下。
• One wonders how a conference to conclude two years of detailed negotiations, building on more than a decade of previous talks, could have collapsed into such a shambles.
  人们纳闷的是，一场总结两年详尽谈判、并以此前十多年多次谈判为基础的大会，怎么会分崩离析，陷入如此的混乱？
• The press conference was a complete shambles.
  记者招待会一片混乱。
• 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！
• Another thirty-four wounded in the fighting, which left the area a shambles.
  另有三十四人受伤，交战地区成了一片废墟。
• I have never seen such a shambles in my life.
  我一辈子都没见过这么乱七八糟的场面。
• The room was a shambles after the dinner party.
  宴会后房间里乱七八糟。
• 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。
• Government corruption has left the economy in a shambles.
  政府的腐败使得经济一片混乱。
• The ship's interior was an utter shambles
  船里面一片狼藉。