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单词 fiasco
释义
fiasco
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n

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.
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.
WORD FAMILY
fiasco: fiascoes, fiascos
USAGE EXAMPLES
So the truly startling thing about Ms. Carey’s New Year’s Eve fiasco is that she planned to perform “Emotions” at all.
New York Times(Jan 01, 2017)
The fiasco cost the county recorder her job and led to lawsuits.
Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016)
His friends lingered in the courtyard, laughing about the fiasco.
New York Times(Dec 22, 2016)
n a complete failure or collapse
Syn|Hyper
debacle
collapse
a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in
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