botch
- vt.笨拙地弄糟
- n.拙劣的工作;粗制滥造的活
botchverb
informal笨拙地弄糟
to spoil sth by doing it badly
He completely botched up the interview.
他面试表现得糟透了。
The work they did on the house was a botched job.
他们整修房子做得一塌糊涂。
noun
BrE informal拙劣的工作；粗制滥造的活
a piece of work or a job that has been done badly
I've made a real botch of the decorating.
我的装潢工作做得实在是糟糕。
botch
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VERB 把…搞糟；笨手笨脚地做
If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.It is a silly idea and he has botched it.
这是个愚蠢的想法，他已经把事情弄糟了。
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N-COUNT 拙劣的工作；粗制滥造
If you make a botch of something that you are doing, you botch it.I rather made a botch of that whole thing.
我结果把那整件事弄得一团糟。
noun
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- an embarrassing mistake
- Synonym: blunder blooper bloomer bungle pratfall foul-up fuckup flub boner boo-boo
verb
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- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
- Synonym: bodge bumble fumble botch up muff blow flub screw up ball up spoil muck up bungle fluff bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up bobble mishandle louse up foul up mess up fuck up
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Botched jobs are common , in fact .
拙劣的工作很普遍，事实上。
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The work they did on the house was a botched job .
他们整修房子做得一塌糊涂。
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I 've made a real botch of the decorating .
我的装潢工作做得实在是糟糕。
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He completely botched up the interview .
他面试表现得糟透了。
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I rather made a botch of that whole thing .
我结果把那整件事弄得一团糟。
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It is a silly idea and he has botched it .
这是个愚蠢的想法，他已经把事情弄糟了。
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She botched the dinner and the whole family had to eat out .
她把晚饭做坏了，全家只得出去吃。
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I tried to make a great meal but only made a botch of it .
我试图做顿大餐，可是搞砸了。
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He tried to repair the door , but he really botched it up .
他试图修理房门，可是他一修更糟了。
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I feel really frustrated about having botched the job .
事情没办好，心里老觉得窝憋得慌。
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Pure structure is likely to end up badly botched .
纯粹的结构最终很可能受到严重损坏。
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You botched the last job but can redeem yourself on this one .
你把上次的工作搞糟了，但可通过这次的工作挽回声誉。
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Even the best ideas can fail to take root if project planning and execution are botched .
如果专案规划与执行是拙劣的，那麽即使是最佳的主意也不能扎根。
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To forget or botch ( one 's lines ) .
忘记或说错了（台词）
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Your company is going to have to deal with low quality software , and likely a botched release .
公司也不得不处理这个低质量的软件，最终它很可能是被修修补补地发布了。
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I 'm afraid I 've rather botched the dinner tonight .
恐怕我把今天的晚宴搞糟了。
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You 've already botched this case once .
你已经在这个案子上搞砸过一次。
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It is widely believed that the firm botched the Facebook IPO .
人们普遍认为，是它搞砸了Facebook的IPO。
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By many accounts , target botched its 2013 incursion into Canada .
从多个角度来说，2013年塔吉特公司（Target）在加拿大开疆拓土是一场悲剧。
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Botching a market-timing decision usually means sacrificing good performance .
修改择时交易的决定通常意味着牺牲好的业绩。
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I imagine you would be , seeing as how you botched my trial ,
我想你应该在观望如何搞砸我的审讯
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Equally unfortunate has been a botched approach to portfolio diversification .
糟糕的资产组合多样化方法也同样在劫难逃。
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I 'm afraid the unexpected accident may botch up the dinner tonight .
恐怕这意想不到的事故会把今天的晚宴搞糟。
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Botched economic policies caused most of the carnage .
拙劣的经济政策导致了绝大部分人的死亡。
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That isn 't to say it is easy and there are several ways to botch software reuse .
这并不是说勉强做到重用很容易、有方法可循。
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The mechanic tried to repair my car , but he really botch It up
那个技工想把我的汽车修好，可是他一修更糟了
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he botched a sex offender sting last year .
他去年搞砸了一起性侵钓鱼执法的案子
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He called us " the bungled and the botched . "
他叫我们“笨手笨脚的人”
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I have made a miserable botch of this description .
我这段描写简直搞得糟透了。
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Nikita must have dumped it right after you guys botched the job .
你们搞砸之后尼基塔肯定把手机扔了
指由于愚蠢或疏忽大意等造成的错误。
She made a terrible blunder when introducing the girl to her husband.
她把那个女孩介绍给她丈夫是犯了一个极大的错误。
指因愚蠢的行为犯下的过错。
I made a boob throwing that document away.
我犯了个愚蠢的错误，把那份文件扔掉了。
主要指干得拙劣、一塌糊涂的活儿。
I tried to make a great meal but only made a botch of it.
我试图做顿大餐，可是搞砸了。
指愚蠢的或令人难堪的过错。
He realized that mentioning her ex-husband was a bit of clanger.
他意识到提及她的前夫有点儿冒失，令人尴尬。
可指任何错误，包括笔误、印刷错误或计算错误，常可与 mistake 换用。
The government has committed a serious error/mistake.
政府犯下了严重的错误。
There are too many errors/mistakes in your spelling.
你拼写错误太多。
This is a grammatical error/mistake.
这是一个语法错误。
尤指很多人持有的错误观点或想法。
There was once a popular fallacy that the world is flat.
人们曾经普遍误以为地球是平的。
表示“缺点，毛病”时为可数名词；表示“过失，过错”时为不可数名词。
He is still an excellent politician despite the faults he's committed.
尽管他犯过一些错误，他仍是一名出色的政治家。
The minister is quite satisfied with his secretary because he can find no fault with her work.
部长对他的秘书很满意，因为她的工作无可挑剔。
指对发生的坏事负有的责任。
The boy behaved badly, but in fact the guilt lay with his parents.
这个男孩表现很不好，但实际上责任在于其父母。
指行为、看法、言辞等方面的错误。
I have made a mistake in grammar.
我犯了一个语法错误。
One silly mistake cost us the match.
一个愚蠢的错误使我们输掉了那场比赛。
指因犯愚蠢的错误而将某事搞糟，尤用于新闻报道。
Police totally bungled the investigation.
警察把调查完全搞砸了。
The ambush attempt was completely bungled.
这次伏击行动被彻底搞砸了。
指因粗心或愚蠢犯下较大的过错。
Government agents had blundered again and arrested the wrong man.
政府特工又犯下大错，抓错了人。
The father blundered badly when he gave up that job.
那位父亲犯了一个愚蠢的错误，就是他放弃了那份工作。
指因为不经心或缺少技术而把某事物搞糟，也常用作 botch up。
He tried to repair the door, but he really botched it up.
他试图修理房门，可是他一修更糟了。
She botched the dinner and the whole family had to eat out.
她把晚饭做坏了，全家只得出去吃。
属于较粗鲁的说法，指将某事愚蠢地搞砸，因而难以收拾。
The travel agent completely cocked up his arrangements for the summer vacation.
旅行社把他暑假的安排搞得一塌糊涂。
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