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

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。
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。
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；
Why's our inner streets left in shambles?
我们内心的街道何以变成废墟？
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。
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。
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。
Her desk is a shambles.
她的桌子上乱七八糟。
Why after a decade of web distribution is the hotel industry such a shambles!
为什么经过十来年的网络分销，酒店业如此混乱！
For some of his secularist Turkish critics, Erdogan's foreign policy is a shambles of ambiguity and instability.
对部分世俗主义评论家而言，艾尔段的外交政策在模拟两可和不稳定当中摆荡。