setback : 挫折、敗北

setback

挫折、敗北、a reverse or defeat.

一般例文

• He has suffered a serious setback in his political career.

英字新聞からの例文

• 引用元 : Financial Times (by Demetri Sevastopulo) - Trump suffers setback in Alabama Senate election (2017/12)

  President Donald Trump has suffered a setback in one of his heartland states after Roy Moore, the Republican evangelical accused of preying on teenage girls, lost a Senate election race ...

• 引用元 : New York Times (by ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN) - Once a Long Shot, Democrat Doug Jones Wins Alabama Senate Race (2017/12)

  The election is a painful setback for Republicans in Washington, who have already struggled to enact policies of any scale and now face even tougher legislative math.