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fiasco n.惨败,大失败,可耻的下场 Fiasco comes from the Italian term that means "to make a bottle." How it came to describe an utter, embarrassing, disaster in the English language is still unknown. Today, you'll hear fiasco used in situations that have gone so horribly awry that they are almost laughable, like the Thanksgiving dinner fiasco in which the turkey burnt to a crisp, the dog ate all the side dishes, and everyone had to eat frozen pizza instead. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]彻底的失败；大败；惨败 If you describe an event or attempt to do something as a fiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely.   [usu with supp]  [emphasis]The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him...查尔斯顿惨败错不在他。It was a bit of a fiasco.这败得有点惨。

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[fi'æskəu] A fiasco is a disaster. It's not a natural disaster — like an earthquake or a volcano; a fiasco is usually the result of human failure. ★☆☆☆☆

英语单词	fiasco
英美音标	[fi'æskəu]
中文释义	n.惨败,大失败,可耻的下场
vocabulary简明	A fiasco is a disaster. It's not a natural disaster — like an earthquake or a volcano; a fiasco is usually the result of human failure.
vocabulary扩展	Fiasco comes from the Italian term that means "to make a bottle." How it came to describe an utter, embarrassing, disaster in the English language is still unknown. Today, you'll hear fiasco used in situations that have gone so horribly awry that they are almost laughable, like the Thanksgiving dinner fiasco in which the turkey burnt to a crisp, the dog ate all the side dishes, and everyone had to eat frozen pizza instead.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]彻底的失败；大败；惨败 If you describe an event or attempt to do something as a fiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely. [usu with supp] [emphasis] The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him... 查尔斯顿惨败错不在他。 It was a bit of a fiasco. 这败得有点惨。

Fiasco Disaster Describe Fi'æskəu N.惨败,大失败,可耻的下场 Natural Earthquake Volcano