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Definition of shambles in English: shamblesplural nounˈʃamb(ə)lzˈʃæmbəlz 1informal treated as singular A state of total disorder. 〈非正式〉混乱，一团糟 my career was in a shambles 我的事业一团糟。 Example sentencesExamples - I think the border is in a shambles of smuggling, pollution, contagious diseases.
- Currently the education system is in a shambles.
- He recovered peace, he recovered provinces, and he recovered the finances, which were in a shambles after the civil war.
- But he had been sadly mistaken and his life was in a shambles now because of it.
- By evening, David and Yohanna's house was in a shambles.
- He found his colony in a shambles, most of its inhabitants gone.
- So in a daze of confusion she entered her house to find her room in shambles and a shadow of a person sitting on her bed.
- In 1853, Louisa Dalton Bird Cunningham was aboard a steamer on the Potomac sailing from Philadelphia to her plantation in South Carolina when she saw Mount Vernon in a shambles.
- I don't want to come home and find my half in a shambles.
- Forget the scare stories you heard when the lights went out: America's electrical grid isn't in a shambles.
- The next day, the housekeeper arrived to find the place in a shambles.
- The countryside is a shambles, full of cut-throats and wild animals.
- The California energy disaster has left the once-vigorous electricity deregulation process in shambles.
- He was not very successful in his attempts, for the finances of the Empire were in a shambles and would take time to recover.
- The business focus was too narrow, customers were not sufficiently valued, and the work culture was in a shambles.
- The room was in shambles and their master laid crumpled and bleeding on the floor.
- Despite the wonder of the things in it, the room was in shambles; everything was strewn about across desks and tables, bookshelves, and even the floor.
- It's been a dreadful year for the broadband industry, with DSL phone service, particularly, in a shambles.
- The second is that the first scene is such a shambles it only makes any sense when you reach the end.
- Now the U.S. telecommunications industry lies in a shambles, and it has the potential to damage the entire economy.
Synonyms chaos, mess, muddle, confusion, disorder, disarray, disorganization, havoc, mare's nest British informal dog's dinner, dog's breakfast, omnishambles, car crash complete mess, pigsty North American pigpen informal disaster area British informal tip 2treated as singular A butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names) 屠宰场（古词，用于地名时除外） the shambles where the animals were slaughtered Example sentencesExamples - Adjacent land was added to the market in the 1360s to bring butchers' stalls together into one spot as a shambles.
- The butchers' shambles, where animals were slaughtered and sold on Sundays, abutted the courthouse.
Definition of shambles in US English: shamblesplural nounˈSHambəlzˈʃæmbəlz 1informal A state of total disorder. 〈非正式〉混乱，一团糟 my career was in a shambles 我的事业一团糟。 Example sentencesExamples - The business focus was too narrow, customers were not sufficiently valued, and the work culture was in a shambles.
- Despite the wonder of the things in it, the room was in shambles; everything was strewn about across desks and tables, bookshelves, and even the floor.
- He was not very successful in his attempts, for the finances of the Empire were in a shambles and would take time to recover.
- He recovered peace, he recovered provinces, and he recovered the finances, which were in a shambles after the civil war.
- Forget the scare stories you heard when the lights went out: America's electrical grid isn't in a shambles.
- The countryside is a shambles, full of cut-throats and wild animals.
- The room was in shambles and their master laid crumpled and bleeding on the floor.
- So in a daze of confusion she entered her house to find her room in shambles and a shadow of a person sitting on her bed.
- The second is that the first scene is such a shambles it only makes any sense when you reach the end.
- The California energy disaster has left the once-vigorous electricity deregulation process in shambles.
- By evening, David and Yohanna's house was in a shambles.
- I think the border is in a shambles of smuggling, pollution, contagious diseases.
- Now the U.S. telecommunications industry lies in a shambles, and it has the potential to damage the entire economy.
- But he had been sadly mistaken and his life was in a shambles now because of it.
- In 1853, Louisa Dalton Bird Cunningham was aboard a steamer on the Potomac sailing from Philadelphia to her plantation in South Carolina when she saw Mount Vernon in a shambles.
- I don't want to come home and find my half in a shambles.
- The next day, the housekeeper arrived to find the place in a shambles.
- Currently the education system is in a shambles.
- He found his colony in a shambles, most of its inhabitants gone.
- It's been a dreadful year for the broadband industry, with DSL phone service, particularly, in a shambles.
Synonyms complete mess, pigsty chaos, mess, muddle, confusion, disorder, disarray, disorganization, havoc, mare's nest 2A butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names). 屠宰场（古词，用于地名时除外） Example sentencesExamples - Adjacent land was added to the market in the 1360s to bring butchers' stalls together into one spot as a shambles.
- The butchers' shambles, where animals were slaughtered and sold on Sundays, abutted the courthouse.
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