man-made debacles 人工决堤
BRIT also débâcle
N-COUNT A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure. 彻底失败
People believed it was a privilege to die for your country, but after the debacle of the war they never felt the same again.
人们曾相信为国捐躯是一种荣幸，但是经过战争的彻底失败，他们再也不这样想了。
Yet 2007 was a surprisingly good year after the debacles of 2006.
然而和2006年的惨淡相比，2007年是个很不错的好年头。
Obama also named three veteran regulators to help clean up financial debacles.
奥巴马同时提名三位海军官员协调清除金融寒冰。
Such debacles usually start, Edward has found, with a compelling growth story.
钱塞勒发现，此类崩溃通常以引人注目的增长为起点。
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