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botch AHD[bŏch] D.J.[bɒtʃ]K.K.[bɑtʃ]v.tr.(及物动词)botched, botch.ing, botch.es - To ruin through clumsiness.笨手笨脚:做得拙劣而毁坏
- To make or perform clumsily; bungle.表现拙劣:做得或表现得拙劣;搞得一团糟
- To repair or mend clumsily.修补得不好
n.(名词)- A ruined or defective piece of work:笨手笨脚的工作:一件搞糟或粗劣的工作:"I have made a miserable botch of this description"(Nathaniel Hawthorne)“我这段描写简直搞得糟透了”(纳撒尼尔·霍索恩)
- A hodgepodge.大杂烩
- Middle English bocchen [to mend] 中古英语 bocchen [修补]
botchʹer n.(名词)botchʹy adj.(形容词)botch, blow, bungle, fumble, muff- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to harm or spoil through inept or clumsy handling": 这些动词的中心意思都是“因处理得愚蠢或笨拙而损害或毁坏”: botch a repair;修得不好;blow an opportunity;丧失机会;a bungled performance;拙劣表现;fumbled my chance for a promotion;失掉我一次提升的机会;an actor muffing his lines. 表演失误的演员
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