fiasco
noun🔊/fiˈæskəʊ/
🔊/fiˈæskəʊ/
(plural fiascos, North American English also fiascoes)
(informal)something that does not succeed, often in a way that makes people feel embarrassed 惨败；可耻的失败；尴尬的结局 The party was a complete fiasco. 这次聚会完全是一场惨败。 What a fiasco! 真是使人下不了台！ 🔊🔊 After the fiasco over the brochures, I decided to take charge of the marketing. 经历了广告手册的难堪失败之后，我决定负责市场营销工作。
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘bottle, flask’, in the phrase far fiasco, literally ‘make a bottle’, figuratively ‘fail in a performance’: the reason for the figurative sense is unexplained.