| 英语单词 | rout |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [raʊt] 美 [raʊt] |
| 中文释义 | n. 彻底溃败; 凑热闹的人; 大败 v. 使 ... 溃败; 使 ... 败逃 |
| 英语例句 | (1) It's an utter rout, and your broadcasts are criminal lies. (2) Markets across Europe were also in freefall, following yet another rout in Asia. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这是一场溃败,你广播的新闻都是可耻的谎言。 (2) 伴随着亚洲市场的节节溃败,整个欧洲市场同样直线下滑。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you think about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, associate a rout with the agonizing defeat. A rout is the kind of humiliating loss that makes you wish you would have been injured in the first quarter so you could have avoided the outcome. |
| vocabulary扩展 | One way to remember the meaning of the word rout is to consider its similarity to the word riot, both suggesting a disastrous mess. One interesting thing about the word rout is that whether it's used as a noun or as a verb, it's spelled the same and implies a similar meaning. "The losing team suffers during a rout while the winning team actually routs them!" Whichever form you use, you're referring to a pretty devastating defeat. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]击溃;大败;彻底打败 If an army, sports team, or other group routs its opponents, it defeats them completely and easily. [V n]
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