washout
n. <非正>失敗,慘敗
If an event or plan is a washout, it fails completely.
The mission was a washout.
這個任務徹底失敗了。
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.
分散投資也失敗了: 股市之間步調幾乎完全一致.
The party was a total washout.
聚會完全是個失敗.
The graduation party was a washout because of the big storm.
因為暴風雪的來襲,畢業舞會完全失敗.
The plan was a washout after all, and cost us a lot of money.
這項計劃最終完全失敗, 讓我們賠了不少錢.
The game was a washout.
這場比賽因雨提前結束.