fiasco
noun /fiˈæskəʊ/
/fiˈæskəʊ/
(plural fiascos, North American English also fiascoes)
(informal)- something that does not succeed, often in a way that makes people feel embarrassed
惨败；可耻的失败；尴尬的结局 - The party was a complete fiasco.
聚会彻底失败了。 - What a fiasco!
真是使人下不了台！ - After the fiasco over the brochures, I decided to take charge of the marketing.
经历了广告手册的难堪失败之后，我决定负责市场营销工作。
词源mid 19th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘bottle, flask’, in the phrase far fiasco, literally ‘make a bottle’, figuratively ‘fail in a performance’: the reason for the figurative sense is unexplained. - The party was a complete fiasco.