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fiasco

/fee-as-koh or, especially for 2, -ah-skoh/US // fiˈæs koʊ or, especially for 2, -ˈɑ skoʊ //UK // (fɪˈæskəʊ) //

惨败,惨剧,惨案,失败

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fi·as·cos, fi·as·coes.

    • : a complete and ignominious failure.
    • : a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, especially Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright.

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Examples

  • However, since quitting his job two months earlier, the entire fiasco made him sick to his stomach as he considered what his former athletes had done to achieve greatness.

  • The app failed spectacularly, resulting in an election-night fiasco and a weeks-long delay before the vote count was certified.

  • Earlier this month, an international commission of scientists released a highly anticipated report detailing the steps needed to turn a gene-editing fiasco into a powerful treatment that could wipe out genetic diseases throughout generations.

  • The city has been hit with more than two dozen legal claims tied to the fiasco.

  • Councilwoman Vivian Moreno argued that the fiasco represents fraud, and said she doesn’t buy the official story that it all grew out of bureaucratic incompetence.

  • See how much snark was unleashed against “dad rock” by the recent U2 iTunes Songs of Innocence fiasco.

  • This prolonged execution marks yet another death penalty fiasco.

  • For George W. Bush, it was the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the disastrous post-invasion fiasco.

  • The veteran political operative did realize the joy that national reporters took from the fiasco.

  • It was a fiasco, but were some of the players screwing up on purpose?

  • After the Mormon fiasco and the evaporation of the Fieldingites, another denomination took it.

  • This Bristoe fiasco was a stunning blow to the Rebel pursuit, and greatly checked their incursions.

  • He had never tried to eat an artichoke, and his first essay in this difficult and complex craft was a sad fiasco.

  • It is in travail and laughable fiasco that the young school their bodies to beautiful expression, as they school their minds.

  • Mr. Jones ridicules the would-be reformers of London, and represents their efforts as resulting in a pitiable fiasco.