【每日一词】 shambles - n. 混乱，一团糟；屠宰场，肉铺，肉店

　　Definition: noun

　　sham·​bles ˈsham-bəlz

　　1archaic : a meat market

　　2: SLAUGHTERHOUSE

　 3a: a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed

　　the battlefield became a shambles

　3b: a scene or a state of great destruction : WRECKAGE

　　the city was a shambles after the bombing

　　3c

　　(1): a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion

　　an economy in shambles

　　(2): great confusion : MESS

　　短语

　　The Shambles: 肉铺街；肉砧街；

　　a shambles: 大混乱；烂摊子

　　Baby Shambles: 专辑歌手；表演者

　　Shipwrecked Shambles: 海难求生破解版；海难求生

　　be in shambles: 一遭到失败或挫折就再也振作不起来

　　Shambles Street: 肉铺街

　　complete shambles: 一塌糊涂

　　In Complete Shambles: 一片混乱

　　Examples of shambles in a Sentence

　　Faced with sanctions, no reconstruction aid from international donors and its own economy in shambles, rebuilding has been piecemeal and limited.

　　—Hwaida Saad, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023

　　Now Italian soccer is in shambles while La Liga remains profoundly top-heavy, thanks in part to the imbalanced international broadcasting deals that had dominated it until recently.

　　—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2023

　　The rioters made quick work of devastating much of the Supreme Court, leaving the courtroom where justices decide cases in shambles.

　　—Simon Romero, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023

　　双语例句

　　The press conference was a complete shambles.

　　记者招待会一片混乱。-《牛津词典》

　　Out of the ashes of the economic shambles, a phoenix of recovery can arise.

　　复苏之凤会从经济废墟的灰烬中腾飞而起。

　　—《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

　　The house was a shambles.

　　那间屋子凌乱不堪。-《牛津词典》