| 词汇 | botching |
| 释义 | botching present participle ofbotch 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 beam blow (someone/something) up bomb egg flog flog a dead horseidiom flop flub flunk out mess running on emptyidiom sclerotic screw screw (something) up the rot sets inidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Making mistakes Examples of botchingbotching In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Again, in these amendments a number of botching attempts are made to do this. 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 Once again we have the same last-minute emergency action, and the same botching. 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 Who arranged the initial botching and who then arranged the bullying? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The firm was botching along as best it could, grateful for young students who were willing to work on the machines for a few weeks during their holidays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Each property had repairs which could be regarded as "cosmetic": substantial damage has been repaired, but there was also a good deal of botching up and covering up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Kingston was eliminated first, after suffering a legitimate broken ankle, after botching a backdrop. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Matsumoto's wrestling character included her wearing different cosplay outfits, dancing in the middle of matches, intentionally botching spots and other comedic behaviour. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Doug struggles to become a man after botching his rite of manhood firewalk. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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