fiasco

pronunciation

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  • n.
    彻底失败,惨败

Word Origin

fiasco 惨败

来自flask的意大利语拼写形式,瓶子,酒瓶。引申词义惨败,可能来自一种游戏,由输者支付酒钱,因而得名。

Example

1. The georgian fiasco may be one such event .
格鲁吉亚的惨败也许便是这样一个小事件。
2. If the fiasco of structured finance has taught us one thing , it is that risk is not adequately captured by one simple measure .
如果说结构化金融产品的完全失败教会了我们一件事的话,那就是不可能用单一的计量方法来测度风险。
3. Who benefited from that fiasco ?
谁从这场惨败中获益?
4. The fiasco raises important questions about how to regulate financial markets .
这次惨败提出了一个关于如何规范金融市场的重要疑问。
5. The fiasco could also lead other companies to question past franchise awards .
这次惨败也将引起其他公司对过去所授予的特许经营权的质疑。

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