with obj.
- 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
as adj. botched a botched attempt to kill them.要杀死他们的拙劣企图。
(亦作botch-up)
- informal 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。
派生词
botcher
noun词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'repair' but originally not implying clumsiness): of unknown origin.