Biosphere 2 was ultimately ridiculed as a research debade, as exfravagant pseudoscience.是什么意思？

Biosphere 2 was ultimately ridiculed as a research debade, as exfravagant pseudoscience.

生物圈2号最终被讥讽为科研上的大失败, 代价是昂贵的伪科学.

biosphere

n. 生物圈，生物界，生物层；

例句
The entire biosphere was becoming more transparent.
整个生物圈越来越透明。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

ultimately

adv. 最后，最终，基本上，根本，郅；

例句
She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her.
她对电影业可能有些怀疑失望，但终究没有恩将仇报之意。

ridiculed

v. 嘲笑，嘲弄，奚落( ridicule的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
Biosphere 2 was ultimately ridiculed as a research debade, as exfravagant pseudoscience.
生物圈2号最终被讥讽为科研上的大失败, 代价是昂贵的伪科学.

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

research

n. 研究，追究，探讨，探测，调查，探索；vi. 做研究，探究，（从市场调研中）得出所预测的结果；vt. 从事…的研究，为…而做研究；

例句
...the biggest aeronautical research laboratory in Europe.
欧洲最大的航空研究实验室