shambles

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sham·bles /ˈʃæmbəlz/ noun

be (in) a shambles informal

a) if something is a shambles, it is very disorganized and there is a lot of confusion 一團糟；非常混亂

The meeting was a shambles from start to finish.

這次會議從頭到尾都開得一團糟。

The economy is in a complete shambles.

經濟混亂不堪。

b) if a place is a shambles, it is very untidy 〔地方〕一片混亂，淩亂不堪 SYN mess

My house is in an absolute shambles.

我的房子裏淩亂不堪。

Examples from the Corpus

be (in) a shambles• The apartment was in shambles and the kids in a frenzy.• But the room, the target of a 1968 arson, was in a shambles.• By October 1952, when we left Pusan, the corrupt Rhee government was in shambles.• It was a shambles last year.• Much around Lilly is in shambles.• The scrums, in particular, were a shambles, with Haslemere being driven off their own ball.• It is all out of order because the preliminaries are a shambles.• Instead, his side were a shambles again, a disgrace.

Examples from the Corpus

shambles• It is all out of order because the preliminaries are a shambles.• But the room, the target of a 1968 arson, was in a shambles.• This kitchen is a shambles!• Now it is merely a shambles.• The scrums, in particular, were a shambles, with Haslemere being driven off their own ball.• He liked the fact that he had fought back from the break-up with Yamaguchi, revived a career in shambles.• Much around Lilly is in shambles.

Origin shambles

(1900-2000) shambles “place where animals are killed for meat, scene of great killing or destruction” ((16-20 centuries)), from shamble “table from which meat is sold, meat market” ((14-19 centuries)), from Old English scamul “counter, stool”

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