something that does not succeed, often in a way that makes people feel embarrassed synonym disaster惨败;可耻的失败;尴尬的结局 The party was a complete fiasco. 聚会彻底失败了。 What a fiasco! 真是使人下不了台! After the fiasco over the brochures, I decided to take charge of the marketing. 经历了广告手册的难堪失败之后,我决定负责市场营销工作。
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘bottle, flask’, in the phrase far fiasco, literally ‘make a bottle’, figuratively ‘fail in a performance’: the reason for the figurative sense is unexplained.