fiasco
/fiˈæskəʊ/ (bre, ipa) · /fiˈæskəʊ/ (ame, ipa) · /fē-ˈa-(ˌ)skō also -ˈä-/ (ame, mw)
fiasco — 名詞
- fiascosingular
- fiascoesplural
1. a planned event or activity that ends in total disaster, especially one that mak
慘敗
計劃完全失敗且場面難堪
a planned event or activity that ends in total disaster, especially one that makes the people involved look foolish
Ivan's birthday cake for his mother was a complete fiasco — burnt on top and lopsided.
Ivan 烤給母親的生日蛋糕徹底慘敗——上面烤焦了，還歪歪斜斜的。
collocation: complete fiasco
Organising the school festival turned into a total fiasco when the band cancelled.
籌辦學校園遊會變成了一場徹底慘敗，因為樂團在最後一刻取消了表演。
collocation: total fiasco
Zeynep called her office move a fiasco — furniture arrived late and boxes went missing.
Zeynep 把搬家形容為一場慘敗——家具晚了才到，好幾箱東西也不見了。
A simple family dinner became a fiasco when Wei set off the fire alarm.
一頓簡單的家庭晚餐因為 Wei 觸發了火災警報器而變成了一場鬧劇。
The mayor called the new train line a total fiasco after the first breakdown.
市長稱新的火車路線在首次故障後徹底慘敗。
- disaster
broader meaning; can describe natural events or personal misfortune, not just planned events
- debacle
more formal; often used for political, military, or organisational collapses
- catastrophe
stronger; suggests great damage or suffering, not just embarrassment
- flop
informal; mainly for entertainment or products that fail commercially
文法句型
a + fiasco
turn into + a fiasco
end in + a fiasco
用法筆記
Commonly paired with complete or total as intensifiers. Verbs like turn into, end in, describe as, and call all appear frequently with this noun.