shambles

混乱、めちゃくちゃ

極端に散らかっている、または物事がまるで整理されていない場所や状態。

やさしい英語で： A place or situation that is extremely messy or badly organized.

• My room is a shambles.
• The move left our kitchen in a shambles.
• Without a clear plan, the whole event became a shambles.

類義語： mess, chaos

よく使う表現： a complete shambles, in a shambles, a total shambles

めちゃくちゃ、混乱状態

ひどく散らかり、まとまりがない、または大きく損なわれた場所や状態。

やさしい英語で： A place or situation that is very messy, badly organized, or seriously damaged.

• The kitchen is a shambles.
• Their travel arrangements were in shambles.
• The builders left the house a complete shambles.

使い方： be a shambles (The whole event was a shambles.); be in shambles (Their plans were in shambles after the storm.)

類義語： mess, chaos, disaster

反対語： order

よく使う表現： a complete shambles, in shambles, leave something a shambles

惨殺の現場

多くの人が殺されたり、大規模な破壊が起きたりした場所。

やさしい英語で： A place where many people have been killed or much has been destroyed.

• The battlefield was a shambles.
• After the attack, the square became a bloody shambles.
• Smoke rose above the shambles where the village had stood.

類義語： scene of carnage

よく使う表現： a bloody shambles, battlefield shambles

屠畜場

食肉にするために動物を殺す施設。

やさしい英語で： A building where animals are killed for meat.

• Cattle were led into the shambles.
• The old shambles stood beside the market.
• Butchers worked in the shambles before dawn.

類義語： slaughterhouse, abattoir

よく使う表現： the town shambles, cattle shambles