Dumpster fire refers to a person, organization, or situation that is hopelessly and disastrously¹ out of control, or something very difficult that nobody wants to deal with.

“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。

 

In entertainment or sports, dumpster fire refers to a laughably poor performance usually caused by:

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：

 

1. Lack of planning, preparation or talent.

缺少计划和准备，或缺乏人才

 

2. Random² events that effectively sabotage³ the effort (i.e., technical problems).

足以破坏掉努力的随机事件（比如技术问题）