English Dictionary

debacle

IPA（発音記号）

/deɪˈbɑː.kəl/

名詞

An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. / (ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.

日本語の意味

突然かつ惨めな結末を迎える出来事や事業（失敗によって屈辱を被ることが多い） / （生態学）氷でできた自然のダムが河川により破壊され、それに伴う水の急流が発生する現象

The company's new product launch turned into a debacle when the servers crashed and customers demanded refunds.

その会社の新製品の発売は、サーバーがダウンして顧客が返金を要求したことで大失敗に終わった。

意味（1）

An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.

The event proved to be a great debacle for the partisans of this prognosticator.

意味（2）

(ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.

[…] so that in extreme cases the latter may even be dammed up for a time, and a debacle be the consequence, when the main river overcomes the resistance opposed to it, […]

debacles （ plural ）