词汇 | snafu |
释义 | snafu noun[ C ] USinformaluk /snæfˈuː/ us /snæfˈuː/ a situation in which nothing has happened as planned: 混乱局面,乱子 The company isn't wholly to blame for the snafu.出现这样的混乱局面,不该完全怪这家公司。 A single snafu (= serious mistake) by an airline can leave a lasting impression on travelers.航空公司只要出一次乱子,就会给旅客留下持久的印象。 Accidents and disasters a disaster waiting to happenidiom accident accidental accidentally accidentally on purposeidiom an accident waiting to happenidiom calamity cataclysm cataclysmic cataclysmically catastrophe disastrous disastrously doomsday scenario dumpster fire natural disaster non-emergency perfect storm post-accident tragedy snafu | American Dictionarysnafu noun[ C ] us/snæˈfu/ a situation in which nothing happens as planned and everything goes wrong: The snowstorm created a terrible snafu at the airport, with hundreds of passengers waiting for flights to be rescheduled. Examples of snafusnafu When the record was issued, there was a snafu. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The report also said the public nature of the snafu had set back prosecutorial efforts by several years. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It has focused on oversight of computerized high-speed traders and efforts to rein in technological snafus that hurt investor confidence in the markets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The details of the pit snafu were never fully explained, and remains a topic of discussion amongst historians and fans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Immediately on his entrance, he made somewhat of a temporal snafu, by asking if he had arrived before or after the invasion of the 5th dimension. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Maxwell proposes marriage and, following several snafus, they are finally married in the season 5 finale. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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