This sad phenomenon was highlighted recently by the debacles in cyprus .
最近在塞浦路斯问题上的惨败凸显了这个可悲的局面。
We also witnessed painful debacles .
我们也看到痛苦的挣扎。
Some of the debacles of our diplomatic history have been perpetrated by presidents who fancied themselves negotiators .
我们外交史上某些灾难就是由一些把自己幻想成谈判家的总统造成的。
It will also need to find ways to aim its ads even more effectively without irritating or creeping-out its users , who have grown wary of its intentions after various privacy debacles .
Of course , the twin debacles in iraq and afghanistan only served to accelerate the waning of american dominance and underscore the limits of u. s.power .
