washout
n. <非正>失败,惨败
If an event or plan is a washout, it fails completely.
The mission was a washout.
这个任务彻底失败了。
1. the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water;
2. the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway);
3. someone who is unsuccessful
Diversification has been a washout: stock markets have been almost perfectly correlated with each other.
分散投资也失败了: 股市之间步调几乎完全一致.
The party was a total washout.
聚会完全是个失败.
The graduation party was a washout because of the big storm.
因为暴风雪的来袭,毕业舞会完全失败.
The plan was a washout after all, and cost us a lot of money.
这项计划最终完全失败, 让我们赔了不少钱.
The game was a washout.
这场比赛因雨提前结束.