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单词 botch
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Definition of botch in English:

botch

verb bɒtʃbɑtʃ
[with object]informal
  • Carry out (a task) badly or carelessly.

    〈非正式〉糟糕地(或粗心地)办(一件事)

    he was accused of botching the job

    别人指责他笨手笨脚地搞砸了工作。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And the few cases where the government had real evidence have been badly botched.
    • It was the government that so badly botched the rescue operations.
    • All his enemies somehow must botch their attempts to kill him.
    • It will face some difficulties, not least because it has been, and will probably continue to be, so badly botched by so many along the way.
    • If they are trying to make Mary the central figure, they are certainly botching the attempt.
    • This bill attempts to deal with some of those problems, and some of those attempts represent completely botched jobs.
    • Last weekend's conference was a botched attempt to clear the decks for such a platform.
    • I am useless when it comes to subterfuge or breaking rules and I botched the entire mission right royally.
    • Who could have known the administration would botch it so badly?
    • He faces 20 allegations including drinking alcohol while on call, botched surgery and bungled use of equipment.
    • But the police have also been accused of badly botching the investigation.
    • He zips past at such a clip that I totally botch an attempted photo, which would only be a blur of U.S. Postal Service blue anyway.
    • Now, of course, you're talking about botched jobs by those surgeons, or they may not indeed be surgeons.
    • We must have botched the first task, because we've certainly bungled the second.
    • Her blonde hair may be a slightly botched job from a dodgy salon in Cannes, but she doesn't like her roots showing.
    • But Microsoft's launch has been badly botched on this and other measures.
    • The stupid thief labeled the bag in a permanent marker, one of those botched jobs that I'm sure she'll regret.
    • But leave it to me to botch the one botch-proof task of a sportswriter.
    • Another possibility is that it intended to provide a warning, but botched the job.
    • The task might have been botched by a less savvy salesperson, who might have treated it like just another sales call.
    Synonyms
    bungle, do badly, do clumsily, make a mess of, mismanage, mishandle, mangle, fumble
    informal mess up, make a hash of, hash, muff, fluff, foozle, butcher, bodge, make a botch of, foul up, bitch up, screw up, blow, louse up
    British informal make a muck of, make a pig's ear of, cock up, make a Horlicks of
    North American informal flub, goof up, bobble
    vulgar slang fuck up, bugger up, balls up
noun bɒtʃbɑtʃ
informal
  • A bungled task.

    I've probably made a botch of things

    我可能把事情弄糟了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus, if we get a regional assembly, it will simply be former county officers and politicians that end up running it and their power for botch-ups will simply be increased.
    • As long as he doesn't break a leg or Ferrari doesn't make a huge botch of the 2003 car, then there's nothing to stop him.
    • Soccer shoots-out make good theatre, too often arriving after highly-paid players have made a total botch of getting a result.
    • A Canvey teacher stranded in Australia because of a bureaucratic botch has made the dramatic decision to stay there for good.
    • To expect Parliament to rush through complex legislation of this sort will result only in botch-ups, more amendments, and more problems in the administration of this important area of law.
    • There's no room for any more botch-ups.
    • In a classic botch-up, the grass at the River Plate Stadium had been liberally sprinkled with sea water, the grass dying in the heat.
    • I'm not going to say that you've made such a monumental botch-up of this parliament that it has damaged the Labour Party, Scotland, and the whole United Kingdom.
    • The 28-year-old Scot, who started fifth on the grid at the 1.5-mile circuit near Tokyo, was left rueing the botch-up, which he believes cost him the first oval win of his career.
    • The Saltires are doing a fantastic job against the counties just now, and the last thing Scottish cricket needs is a botch-up like this.
    • Does the prospect of laboratory botch-ups during the engineering of bio-electrolysis bacteria worry you?
    • It's disconcertingly riddled with inconsistent spellings, clunky syntax and other editing botches.
    • Sheep farmers have been struggling really hard and we do not need a botch-up of this sort to affect the sales we have got at the moment.
    • Like all reshuffles, last week's will prove a botch.
    • He owes it to Parliament to get his legislation right, and not to continuously expect ratepayers to pick up the bill for his botch-ups.
    • Sadly, the implementation process has been a saga of one botch-up after another.
    • Something tells us that the remake is going to be a botch.
    • There were so many botch-ups by the Opposition when it was in Government, but scrapping the Apprenticeship Act had to be the worst.
    Synonyms
    mess, fiasco, debacle, blunder, failure, wreck
    informal hash, bodge, flop, foul-up, screw-up, fail
    British informal cock-up, pig's ear
    North American informal snafu
    vulgar slang fuck-up, balls-up

Derivatives

  • botcher

  • noun ˈbɒtʃəˈbɑtʃər
    informal
    • Not only botchers are concerned but also physicians of all clinical subjects, especially malpractice charges claiming a malpractice leading to death.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You are only buffoons, bunglers, botchers, cads, clowns.
      • The poem's indictment of Thetis as a botcher continues through her account of her failure to fully immortalize her son.
      • This guy was a rookie and a botcher.
      • And check that there really is a metal, boxed keep; it's not unknown for a botcher to just make a hole in the wood of the frame and leave it at that.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'repair' but originally not implying clumsiness): of unknown origin.

  • The first meaning of botch was simply ‘to repair’, with no implication of clumsiness or lack of skill. By the early 17th century it seems to have taken on its modern meaning, and Shakespeare's use of the noun in Macbeth (c.1603) makes this clear: ‘To leave no rubs nor botches in the Work.’ Bodge (mid 16th century) is the same word as botch, but always had the negative meaning. The origin of the word is unknown.

Rhymes

blotch, crotch, notch, outwatch, scotch, splotch, swatch, topnotch, watch

Definition of botch in US English:

botch

verbbäCHbɑtʃ
[with object]
  • Carry out (a task) badly or carelessly.

    〈非正式〉糟糕地(或粗心地)办(一件事)

    the ability to take on any task without botching it
    he was in a position to hire people, and he botched that up
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It will face some difficulties, not least because it has been, and will probably continue to be, so badly botched by so many along the way.
    • We must have botched the first task, because we've certainly bungled the second.
    • Another possibility is that it intended to provide a warning, but botched the job.
    • Her blonde hair may be a slightly botched job from a dodgy salon in Cannes, but she doesn't like her roots showing.
    • Now, of course, you're talking about botched jobs by those surgeons, or they may not indeed be surgeons.
    • He faces 20 allegations including drinking alcohol while on call, botched surgery and bungled use of equipment.
    • The task might have been botched by a less savvy salesperson, who might have treated it like just another sales call.
    • Last weekend's conference was a botched attempt to clear the decks for such a platform.
    • But Microsoft's launch has been badly botched on this and other measures.
    • But the police have also been accused of badly botching the investigation.
    • All his enemies somehow must botch their attempts to kill him.
    • If they are trying to make Mary the central figure, they are certainly botching the attempt.
    • Who could have known the administration would botch it so badly?
    • And the few cases where the government had real evidence have been badly botched.
    • This bill attempts to deal with some of those problems, and some of those attempts represent completely botched jobs.
    • I am useless when it comes to subterfuge or breaking rules and I botched the entire mission right royally.
    • It was the government that so badly botched the rescue operations.
    • But leave it to me to botch the one botch-proof task of a sportswriter.
    • The stupid thief labeled the bag in a permanent marker, one of those botched jobs that I'm sure she'll regret.
    • He zips past at such a clip that I totally botch an attempted photo, which would only be a blur of U.S. Postal Service blue anyway.
    Synonyms
    bungle, do badly, do clumsily, make a mess of, mismanage, mishandle, mangle, fumble
nounbäCHbɑtʃ
  • A bungled or badly carried out task or action.

    〈非正式〉粗劣的工作;办糟的事

    I've probably made a botch of things

    我可能把事情弄糟了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Canvey teacher stranded in Australia because of a bureaucratic botch has made the dramatic decision to stay there for good.
    • Something tells us that the remake is going to be a botch.
    • Thus, if we get a regional assembly, it will simply be former county officers and politicians that end up running it and their power for botch-ups will simply be increased.
    • The Saltires are doing a fantastic job against the counties just now, and the last thing Scottish cricket needs is a botch-up like this.
    • The 28-year-old Scot, who started fifth on the grid at the 1.5-mile circuit near Tokyo, was left rueing the botch-up, which he believes cost him the first oval win of his career.
    • It's disconcertingly riddled with inconsistent spellings, clunky syntax and other editing botches.
    • Sadly, the implementation process has been a saga of one botch-up after another.
    • To expect Parliament to rush through complex legislation of this sort will result only in botch-ups, more amendments, and more problems in the administration of this important area of law.
    • Sheep farmers have been struggling really hard and we do not need a botch-up of this sort to affect the sales we have got at the moment.
    • Does the prospect of laboratory botch-ups during the engineering of bio-electrolysis bacteria worry you?
    • In a classic botch-up, the grass at the River Plate Stadium had been liberally sprinkled with sea water, the grass dying in the heat.
    • There were so many botch-ups by the Opposition when it was in Government, but scrapping the Apprenticeship Act had to be the worst.
    • As long as he doesn't break a leg or Ferrari doesn't make a huge botch of the 2003 car, then there's nothing to stop him.
    • Soccer shoots-out make good theatre, too often arriving after highly-paid players have made a total botch of getting a result.
    • There's no room for any more botch-ups.
    • He owes it to Parliament to get his legislation right, and not to continuously expect ratepayers to pick up the bill for his botch-ups.
    • I'm not going to say that you've made such a monumental botch-up of this parliament that it has damaged the Labour Party, Scotland, and the whole United Kingdom.
    • Like all reshuffles, last week's will prove a botch.
    Synonyms
    mess, fiasco, debacle, blunder, failure, wreck

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘repair’ but originally not implying clumsiness): of unknown origin.

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