shambles
n. <口>混乱; 屠宰场; 毁坏(景象); 大屠杀场面
v. 蹒跚而行,拖着脚走,踉跄地走( shamble的第三人称单数)
If a place, event, or situation is a shambles or is in a shambles, everything is in disorder.
The ship's interior was an utter shambles...
船里面一片狼藉。
The economy is in a shambles.
经济混乱无序。
1. a condition of great disorder
2. a building where animals are butchered
No organization would put up its speaker at a shambles like this.
没有一个组织会把请来做报告的人放在这样一个破烂的地方.
The housing market is in shambles.
住房市场现在一团糟.
The tired old man shambles.
那个疲倦的老人蹒跚而行.
After Japan lost the war, geisha dispersed and the profession was in shambles.
日本战败后, 艺妓行业分散而混乱.
The meeting ended in a complete shambles.
会议结束时混乱不堪.