Dumpster Fire：垃圾箱着火，便没救火必要了?
<p>钱钟书说，老年人恋爱，就像老房子着火，没得救。英文中有个类似的表达，也可以用来描述失控的状态，就是垃圾箱着火。</p><p><span word="Dumpster">Dumpster</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span>, <span word="organization">organization</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hopelessly">hopelessly</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="disastrously">disastrously</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="control">control</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="nobody">nobody</span> <span word="wants">wants</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="deal">deal</span> <span word="with">with</span>.</p><p>“垃圾箱着火”指的是某人、某个机构、或某种情况处于绝望境地，或者处于灾难性地失控状态。也可以指某件事很棘手，没人想处理。</p><p>例句：<span word="This">This</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="complete">complete</span> <span word="dumpster">dumpster</span> <span word="fire">fire</span>.</p><p>这个项目完全就是垃圾箱火灾。</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="entertainment">entertainment</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="sports">sports</span>, <span word="dumpster">dumpster</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="laughably">laughably</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="performance">performance</span> <span word="usually">usually</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span>:</p><p>在娱乐或体育领域，“垃圾箱火灾”指的是表现差得可笑，通常是因为如下原因：</p><p>1. <span word="Lack">Lack</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="planning">planning</span>, <span word="preparation">preparation</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="talent">talent</span>.</p><p>缺少计划和准备，或缺乏人才</p><p>2. <span word="Random">Random</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="effectively">effectively</span> <span word="sabotage">sabotage</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="effort">effort</span> (<span word="i">i</span>.<span word="e">e</span>., <span word="technical">technical</span> <span word="problems">problems</span>).</p><p>足以破坏掉努力的随机事件(比如技术问题)</p><p>例句：</p><p><span word="Dumpster">Dumpster</span> <span word="Fire">Fire</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kindest">kindest</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="Oakland">Oakland</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="game">game</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="San">San</span> <span word="Diego">Diego</span>.</p><p>奥克兰队对阵圣地亚哥的这场比赛就像一场垃圾箱火灾，这已经是最仁慈的说法了。</p>
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