a shambles
1.一團亂
Burma’s education system is a shambles.
緬甸的教育制度一團亂。
He thought the opposition, torn by perpetual in-fighting, was a shambles.
他認為不斷在內鬥的反對黨一團亂。
Pakistan’s economy is a shambles.
巴基斯坦的經濟一團亂。
His private life is a shambles.
他的私生活一團亂。
2.亂成一團
Mass transit is a shambles.
大眾運輸亂成一團。
3.狀況連連
The vital oil industry is a shambles.
重要的石油產業狀況連連。
The operation was a shambles.
這項行動狀況連連。
in (a) shambles
1.一團亂
North Korea’s power grid is in a shambles.
北韓的供電系統一團亂。
Japan’s Asian relations are in a shambles.
日本的亞洲關係一團亂。
2.很亂
When I took this job, the condition of the country was in shambles.
我接這個位置時，這個國家的情況很亂。
3.千瘡百孔
The economies are in shambles.
各國經濟千瘡百孔。
4.四分五裂
In 2000 the massive Hyundai conglomerate began to break apart, and in 2001 Chung died, his empire in shambles.
二零零零年龐大的現代集團開始崩解，二零零一年鄭周永去世，他的王國四分五裂。
