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词汇 shambolic
释义 shambolic
adjective
UKinformaluk /ʃæmˈbɒl.ɪk/ us /ʃæmˈbɑː.lɪk/
confused and badly organized: 混乱的;杂乱的
Things are often a bit shambolic at the beginning of the school year.学年刚开始的时候,事情往往有点儿混乱。
Anna is far too shambolic to be able to run a business.安娜做事太缺乏头绪,经营不了公司。
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Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
addled
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all over the placeidiom
alphabet soup
at seaidiom
disarray
discombobulation
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disorganization
disorganized
muddle
muddle something up
muddle-headed
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mush
unaccountable
unaccountably
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unsearchable

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Examples of shambolic


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In 1946, the housing stock was nothing short of shambolic.
Cannadine argued that for most of the nineteenth century monarchical ceremony was shambolic, and considered unimportant by a parliament and a populace fixated on retrenchment.
I must start by saying that it is my opinion that this war is clumsy, wasteful and shambolic.
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An example from my constituency illustrates the shambolic state of affairs.
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But the process of buying and selling a house is, frankly, shambolic.
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He decided that the country needed a shambolic reshuffle on which no one was consulted and which no one understands.
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However, the process of buying and selling a house is shambolic and stressful for many people.
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I shall not go through any of the shambolic decisions.
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He has not mentioned its shambolic organisation of local services.
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The proposals are ill thought out and shambolic.
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The most shambolic of licence procedures was then adopted.
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Yet, well over a decade after its introduction, it is as shambolic as it was in the beginning.
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They operated on a low-profit basis, partly because of the shambolic way in which matters were organised.
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Both of those deplorable incidents—there have been others—illustrate the shambolic way in which this hole-in-the-corner policy has been administered.
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Today we had a poll tax announcement whose shambolic incompetence defied belief.
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