| 词汇 | botch |
| 释义 | botch verb[ T ] uk /bɒtʃ/ us /bɑːtʃ/(UK alsobodge) to spoil something by doing it badly: 笨手笨脚地弄糟 We botched (up) our first attempt at wallpapering the bathroom.我们第一次试着给浴室贴壁纸，结果一团糟。 Synonyms bungle fluffmainly UKinformal mishandle muffinformal spoil Failing and doing badly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls (something) up be on your beam endsidiom blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out founder fray around/at the edgesidiom mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up sign someone's death warrant You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making mistakes botch noun[ C ] uk /bɒtʃ/ us /bɑːtʃ/(UK alsobotch-up, bodge, bodge-up) something that is spoiled by being done badly: 混乱，一团糟；拙劣的工作 The company made a series of botches before it went bankrupt.公司犯了一系列愚蠢的错误后破产了。 UKThe concert was very badly organized. In fact, the whole thing was a real botch-up.音乐会组织得极为混乱，事实上简直就是一团糟。 Synonym foul-upUKinformal Faults and mistakes (that's) your hard luckidiom aberration Achilles heel adrift black mark blemish erratum error failing false move faux pas malaprop miscue misfunction misperception misprint that's/it's your funeral!idiom typo uncorrectable uncorrected botch | American Dictionarybotch verb[ T ] us/bɑtʃ/ to spoil something by doing it badly: He thinks the police botched the investigation. Examples of botchbotch Why was the whole inquiry botched in the way it was? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole thing was completely botched, and they were put to endless expense and trouble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The amendment would lead to a rushed and botched scheme which would not be to the advantage of those in residential care. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreover, if we look at their record, in 1983 they negotiated our quota share and botched that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After a botched privatisation, are we not in danger of his botching what is, in fact, a sensible solution? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, it is an encouragement to botching it up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am very sad that we have botched it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly, whether they received or took it, they botched the matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of having a botching improvement made we ought to have the best improvement that will add to the letting value. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would we not perhaps be better off with a botched up compromise than with botched up absolute power? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it further evidence of their botched, muddled failure to think through their taxes when they make their announcements? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I repaired some of these places, botched them up if you like to call it so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, there is a feeling that the process is being rushed and hurried so much that it may be botched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of botch These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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