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

• Though some reconstruction efforts are underway, much of the region still lies in shambles.
  尽管一些重建工作一再进行，但是大部分地区任然是废墟。
• Their reasoning is obvious: spot prices are sky-high and the process of annual negotiations is a shambles.
  他们的逻辑很明显：现货价格高企，而每次年度谈判都搞得乱七八糟。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have just moved in, so we're in a bit of a shambles.
  我们刚迁入新居，所以现在还有点乱。
• Why's our inner streets left in shambles?
  我们内心的街道何以变成废墟？
• 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？
• 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；
• Then the noise outside increased still further and, adding to the ballroom shambles, a phalanx of newcomers pushed their way in.
  这时外面的喧闹声更大了，一群人硬挤了进来，使舞厅里更加混乱。
• The new bookkeeper says the accounts are a shambles.
  新的簿记员说帐目一塌糊涂。