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

• 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。
• The organization of the event was a total shambles.
  这次活动的组织糟糕透了。
• 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。
• The fighting reduced the city to a shambles.
  这场战斗使这座城市成了一片废墟。
• The ship's interior was an utter shambles
  船里面一片狼藉。
• 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。
• The economy is in a shambles.
  经济混乱无序。
• The new bookkeeper says the accounts are a shambles.
  新的簿记员说帐目一塌糊涂。
• Why's our inner streets left in shambles?
  我们内心的街道何以变成废墟？
• Government corruption has left the economy in a shambles.
  政府的腐败使得经济一片混乱。