But this episode is one in a long line of fiascos for yahoo .

不过，对于久经考验的雅虎而言，这不过是小插曲而已。

He has avoided first-year fiascos such as jfk 's bay of pigs or mr clinton 's black hawk down debacle in somalia .

他成功避免了有如肯尼迪的入侵猪湾或是克林顿的索马里黑鹰坠落事件那样的首年惨败。

Australia 's relations with the pacific island states have improved since the mid-2000s , a time when the government of john howard 13 , the prime minister , earned something of a reputation for diplomatic fiascos involving island leaders .

澳大利亚与太平洋岛国之间的关系自21世纪头十年的中期开始已有所改善，那时澳大利亚是约翰霍华德担任总理，他因同岛国领导人在外交上的惨败，也算是有了点“名气”。

After fiascos in kenya , nigeria and zimbabwe over the past couple of years , everyone in africa ( and abroad ) had been hoping that ghana would start to redeem the continent 's democratic credentials with a free and fair poll .

在过去的一些年里出现肯尼亚、尼日利亚与津巴布韦的选举惨败之后，非洲（与国外）的每个人都一直在希望，加纳能通过自由公平的选举来拯救非洲大陆的民主。

To avoid such fiascos , as well as to tighten notoriously lax defence procurement , high-flying civil servants will be sent off from september to the said business school in oxford , to learn contracting skills from the private sector .

为了避免这样的惨败，以及收紧臭名昭著的奢侈国防采购，官大气粗的公仆们将从九月起被送到牛津大学塞得商学院，从私营部门中学习转包的技术。