北京时间7月9日凌晨4时，2014年巴西世界杯首场半决赛在贝洛奥里藏特的米内罗体育场进行，东道主巴西迎战上届季军德国。最终，德国7-1超大比分淘汰巴西，昂首晋级决赛。

Muller began the humiliation in the 11th minute

The Germans tore apart Brazil's porous defense time and time again Tuesday, routing the hosts 7-1 in the World Cup semifinals, the largest margin of defeat at this stage in the history of the tournament.

当地时间周二，德国队屡次撕破巴西队漏洞百出的防线，在世界杯半决赛中7比1击败东道国球队，创造了世界杯半决赛历史上最大的比分失利。

Margin of defeat就是“比分失利”，即比赛中双方的得分差距。往届世界杯半决赛阶段出现过的最大比分失利是5分，曾经出现过三次。

下面我们来看看有关“惨败”的英文表述

Brazil's World Cup dreams ended in humiliating and brutal fashion as Germany inflicted their heaviest defeat in the first semi-final in Belo Horizonte.

在贝洛奥里藏特的体育场举行的巴西世界杯首场半决赛中，德国让巴西遭遇最惨一败，巴西的世界杯之梦以屈辱和残酷的方式结束。

The loss matched Brazil's most-lopsided defeat ever, and it's the first time the team has lost in an official competitive match on home soil since 1975.

这场失利是巴西遭遇的最一边倒的失败，同时也是1975年以来他们在本土举行的官方比赛中遭遇的第一次失败。

Germany scored five goals in 18 first-half minutes on the way to a 7-1 destruction of Brazil in the semi-final on Tuesday to leave the host nation in a state of stunned disbelief at the most amazing World Cup result of all time.

当地时间周二的世界杯半决赛中，德国队上半场就在18分钟内连进5球，并一路挺进以7比1大败巴西，使东道国在面临世界杯史上最不可思议的比赛结果时目瞪口呆、难以置信。

（中国日报网英语点津 Helen）