SNAFU
名词 n.
短语
英 /snæˈfuː/|/ˈsnæfuː/
美 /snæˈfu/|/ˈsnæfu/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.
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A major glitch or breakdown; a mistake or blunder.
— 2007, Susan Glairon, Paperwork SNAFU, The Daily Times-Call, LongmontFYI Because of a paperwork snafu, he also hasn’t been able to get his Army discharge papers and is still listed as an active-duty soldier…
短语
- Acronym of situation normal, all fucked up /situation normal, all fouled up.
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词源 1
The term was born during the Second World War as an acronym of the initials of the words situation normal, all fucked up, which summed up the chaos and confusion of the war from an individual soldier’s point of view.
词源 2
The term was born during the Second World War as an acronym of the initials of the words situation normal, all fucked up, which summed up the chaos and confusion of the war from an individual soldier’s point of view.
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