| 单词 | shambles |
| 释义 | sham·bles 1. archaic 2. 3. a. < the bridge instantly became a shambles, every officer and man on that key position being either killed or wounded — Russell Grenfell > b. (1) < the imposing entrance … is a shambles and inside the quadrangle the great aula is demolished from a direct bomb hit — J.G.Gray > (2) < have not cleaned up the shambles of bombing — Ruth Benedict > < this buxom ball of fire makes a shambles of decorum — Irving Kolodin > (3) < the bombers left the city in shambles > c. (1) < the apartment became a shambles — S.J.Perelman > < conference this year was an utter shambles chaired by an elderly lawyer who apparently could neither speak nor hear — A.F.Buchan > (2) < their ideals are vanity and illusion and their pretended moralities a shambles — Irwin Edman > |
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