botch

[US]/bɒtʃ/
[UK]/bɑtʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 糟蹋;出劣地拼湊
vi. 出笨地修補
n. 笨出的修補,工作
Word Forms
過去式botched
過去分詞botched
現在分詞botching
第三人稱單數botches
複數botches

Phrases & Collocations

botched job

失敗的工作

Example Sentences

I've made a botch of it.

我把那事做壞了。

I've probably made a botch of things.

我可能把事情弄糟了。

he was accused of botching the job.

別人指責他笨手笨腳地搞砸了工作。

He botches all he touches.

他一動手就把東西弄壞。

You've probably made a botch-up of repairing the computer.

你好象把這電腦越修越糟。

You botched the last job but can redeem yourself on this one.

你把上次的工作搞糟了, 但可通過這次的工作挽回聲譽

The terrible mechanic seems to have made a botch of repairing the car.

這個糟糕的機修工好象把這輛汽車越修越壞。

I'm afraid the unexpected accident may botch up the dinner tonight.

恐怕這意想不到的事故會把今天的晚宴搞糟。

Real-world Examples

I know you botched that operation on purpose.

我知道你故意手術失敗的。

Source: Friends Season 9

Botched is when something gets just completely ruined.

Botched意思是" 某樣東西完全毀了" 。

Source: Learn slang from celebrities.

He's very critical of this lapse, and says the messaging was badly botched.

他嚴重批評了這個失誤,並稱信息傳遞的過程非常糟糕。

Source: Science in 60 Seconds - Scientific American June 2022 Collection

The problem, she says, is that the government botched the rollout.

她表示,問題是政府在推廣法律表現得極爲糟糕。

Source: NPR News February 2021 Compilation

They were covered in waste, salt, and glues from those older, botched restorations.

它們被那些舊的、拙劣的修復物產生的廢物、鹽和膠水覆蓋着。

Source: Scishow Selected Series

Now, Toyota did roll out a fully electric vehicle, but that rollout was botched.

豐田確實推出了一款全電動汽車,但效果不佳。

Source: Financial Times

I'm gonna get him to sue the quack who obviously botched your vasectomy.

我找他幫我告那個庸醫,他明顯沒給你做好結紮。

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

Poor Bunny, it's always something. If not the clap, it's a botched face lift.

可憐的布尼,總有小災小難。不是淋病,就是整容手術失敗。

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 3

Judging by its botched hook-up with Suzuki, a mid-sized Japanese maker, VW is not much good at romance.

從大衆與日本中型汽車製造商鈴木失敗的聯姻來看,大衆實屬不懂浪漫之輩。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Like many here, she'd relaxed since the last attack on the city, a botched tube bomb 11 months ago.

和這裏的許多人一樣,在上起襲擊發生之後她有所鬆懈,在11個月以前倫敦發生了惡劣的地鐵爆炸。

Source: NPR News August 2018 Compilation

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