来自 shamble,肉摊,-s,复数后缀。引申词义屠宰场,比喻义混乱,肮脏之地。其原义见英国 相关街道名,如约克郡古街 The Shambles,曼彻斯特 Shambles Square,原先都是肉市场。
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But he also needled regulators and an assortment of unnamed chief executives as he predicted that fallout from the credit crisis would leave the stock market a shambles through 2009 .
但他同时批评了监管层和某些不具名的公司高管,他预测信贷危机将会使2009年的股市成为一副烂摊子。
With the fine aim of redressing the racially skewed pattern of land ownership that has existed since whites conquered south africa hundreds of years ago , the government 's land-reform programme is a shambles .
Climate change has fallen off the political agenda in rich countries since the shambles of the copenhagen summit last year , and the headlines have been dominated by global recession .
The bertin shambles may go down as a warning for everybody involved in a giant exercise in on-the-job learning .
也许其会减少百利勤屠宰场,作为人人参与在职学习大演习的预警。
Its policy on europe is a shambles that has strengthened the forces arrayed against free trade .
英国在欧洲政策的混乱强化了反对自由贸易的势力。
India 's government-run school system is a shambles , undermined by teacher absences and a lack of investment .
印度政府管理的公立学校体系十分混乱,饱受教师和资金匮乏的困扰。
A bargain basement benny hill he may be , but the prime minister fonder of cavorting with young women than keeping promises to the world 's poorest countries has helped expose what a cynical shambles the g8 summit has become .
Dr fox promises that bernard gray , the recently appointed and highly rated chief of defence materiel , will announce proposals for ending the procurement shambles before the end of the year .
Mr obama remains a forbiddingly powerful president , with a 64 % approval rating and a republican party that is in a shambles .
奥巴马继续保持令人生畏的强势总统形象,拥有64%的支持率,共和党处于混乱状态。
Buffett doesn 't appear to expect an improvement any time soon . " The economy will be in shambles throughout 2009 and , for that matter , probably well beyond , " he wrote .