- 1
If something is shambolic, it is a complete mess: badly organised, falling apart, with no one holding the pieces together. It is a strong, informal word, heard most in British English, especially in newspapers talking about a government, a company, a team, or a public event that has gone badly wrong. It usually describes a situation or a performance, not a person's whole character. You might say a meeting was shambolic, or the first half of a match. It is not a swear word, but it is not kind either — more like a sharp slap in print. Americans more often say a shambles or a complete mess; shambolic itself sounds British. Though actually, even in Britain, in a shambles is the everyday cousin; shambolic is the adjective newspapers reach for when they want extra bite. It has nothing to do with feeling shame. A shameful night is morally bad. A shambolic night is just chaos.
亂七八糟、一團亂(偏英式口語)
組成Probably shambles (“a mess”) + -ic, with an extra -o- in the middle so the sounds are easier to say. It may also have been mixed with symbolic. Either way, the heart of the word is shambles, not shame.
同家族的字
- shamblesthe mess that shambolic describes
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
shambolicadj/ʃamˈbɒlɪk/
- 1
Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.
- [O]ne must admit there were those among us who were somewhat on the shambolic side.
- He said his club had coined a new word 'Shambolic,' which meant spending more time watching the weather than playing.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。