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单词 botch
释义
botch
verb[T]
uk
/bɒtʃ/us
/bɑːtʃ/
(UKalsobodge)
tospoilsomething by doing itbadly:
笨手笨脚地弄糟
We botched(up)ourfirstattemptatwallpaperingthebathroom.我们第一次试着给浴室贴壁纸，结果一团糟。
Synonyms
bungle
fluffmainlyUKinformal
mishandle
muffinformal
spoil
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failing and doing badly
  • abjectly
  • at-risk
  • backbencher
  • balls(something)up
  • be on your beam endsidiom
  • blow
  • bomb
  • collapse
  • fight a losing battleidiom
  • flog
  • flog a dead horseidiom
  • flop
  • flub
  • founder
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • screw
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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botch
noun[C]
uk
/bɒtʃ/us
/bɑːtʃ/
(UKalsobotch-up,bodge,bodge-up)
something that isspoiledby being donebadly:
混乱，一团糟；拙劣的工作
Thecompanymade aseriesof botches before it wentbankrupt.公司犯了一系列愚蠢的错误后破产了。
UKTheconcertwas verybadlyorganized. Infact, thewholething was arealbotch-up.音乐会组织得极为混乱，事实上简直就是一团糟。
Synonym
foul-upUKinformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Faults and mistakes
  • aberration
  • Achilles heel
  • adrift
  • black mark
  • blemish
  • failing
  • false move
  • faux pas
  • flaw
  • fossilization
  • miscue
  • misfunction
  • misperception
  • misprint
  • misspelling
  • that's/it'syourfuneral!idiom
  • typo
  • wardrobe malfunction
  • weakness
  • what price...?idiom
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(Definition ofbotchfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

botch| American Dictionary

botch
verb[T]
us
/bɑtʃ/
tospoilsomething by doing itbadly:
Hethinksthepolicebotched theinvestigation.
(Definition ofbotchfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Why was the whole inquiry botched in the way it was?
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The whole thing was completely botched, and they were put to endless expense and trouble.
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The amendment would lead to a rushed and botched scheme which would not be to the advantage of those in residential care.
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The danger is that if this is botched, or driven through simply to meet short-term financial needs, we shall have made a bad decision.
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Moreover, if we look at their record, in 1983 they negotiated our quota share and botched that.
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Features of a house or a building are preserved from disintegration, from disappearance, or the owner is prevented from botching the thing on his own.
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After a botched privatisation, are we not in danger of his botching what is, in fact, a sensible solution?
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In fact, it is an encouragement to botching it up.
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I am very sad that we have botched it.
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Clearly, whether they received or took it, they botched the matter.
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Instead of having a botching improvement made we ought to have the best improvement that will add to the letting value.
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Would we not perhaps be better off with a botched up compromise than with botched up absolute power?
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Is it further evidence of their botched, muddled failure to think through their taxes when they make their announcements?
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I repaired some of these places, botched them up if you like to call it so.
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However, there is a feeling that the process is being rushed and hurried so much that it may be botched.
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