botch

英 [bɒtʃ] 美 [bɑːtʃ]

• v. 拙笨地修补；糟蹋
• n. 拙笨的修补；难看的补缀

英英释义

Noun:

1. an embarrassing mistake

Verb:

1. 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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The mechanic tried to repair my car,but he really botched it up.
   那个技工想把我的汽车修好，可是他一修更糟了。
2. 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。

用作名词 (n.)

1. You've probably made a botch-up of repairing the computer.
   你好象把这电脑越修越糟。

经典引文

• He had made such a botch of washing his clothes.

  出自： S. Lawrence

• The job had been botched somehow.

  出自： S. King

词汇搭配

• botch-up 拙劣地修补
• botch up 搞坏

近反义词

【近义词】

• spoil 宠坏
• bodge (劣质的)修补...
• foul up 混乱(故障)
• mess up 混乱
• damage 损害
• fail 失败
• make a mess of 弄坏
• cockup 一团糟
• disaster 灾难
• failure 失败
• fiasco 惨败
• flop 啪嗒啪嗒地动...
• bungle 拙劣地工作
• fumble 摸索
• butcher 屠夫
• murder 谋杀
• muff 皮手筒
• flub 做得不佳
• bobble 失误
• bollix 弄槽
• screw up 拧紧
• blow 打击
• foul-up 混乱
• blooper <非> 过失
• fluff 软毛
• bumble 说话含糊
• fuck up [美粗]搞糟
• ball up 使混乱, 搞成一团糟, ...
• mishandle 粗暴对待
• louse up 破坏
• fuckup <粗>一团糟
• bollocks 胡说
• pratfall 屁股着地的摔倒...
• blunder 大错
• muck up 弄脏
• boo-boo 愚蠢的错误
• botch up 搞坏
• bloomer 正在开花的植物...
• boner <俚>大错