botched

英 [bɒtʃt]

美 [bɑːtʃt]

v. 笨拙地弄糟
botch的过去分词和过去式

过去式：botched　

BNC.34268 / COCA.18154

柯林斯词典

VERB 把…搞糟；笨手笨脚地做
If youbotchsomething that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
1. It is a silly idea and he has botched it.
  这是个愚蠢的想法，他已经把事情弄糟了。
2. ...a botched job.
  拙劣的工作
3. Botch upmeans the same asbotch.
  botch up 同 botch
4. I hate having builders botch up repairs on my house...
  我不愿意让维修工人把我的房子弄得一团糟。
5. Hemingway complained that Nichols had 'botched everything up'.
  海明威抱怨尼科尔斯“把一切都搞砸了”。
N-COUNT 拙劣的工作；粗制滥造
If youmake a botch ofsomething that you are doing, you botch it.
1. I rather made a botch of that whole thing.
  我结果把那整件事弄得一团糟。

adj

I can't find the fool who botched up the report.
我找不到那个把报告搞糟的笨蛋。
Dad, are you vicariously living through me in the hope that my accomplishments will validate your mediocre life and in some way compensate for all the opportunities you botched?
爸爸，你是不是通过我而假想替身地活着，以希望我的成就将使你平庸的生活正当化，并且在某个方式上补偿所有你糟蹋过的机会呢？
I tried to cook a nice dinner, but I'm afraid I've rather botched it.
我试着做一顿美味的午餐，但是我怕我会有点笨手笨脚。
He completely botched up the interview.
他面试表现得糟透了。
Botched economic policies caused most of the carnage.
拙劣的经济政策导致了绝大部分人的死亡。
A bachelor botched a batch of badly baked biscuits.
一个单身汉修补一炉烤糟的饼干。
It is not the most elegant tool, but botched jobs must be blamed on the workman.
它并非最雅致的工具，但如果最终的作品拙劣难看，那要怪也要怪工匠。
I feel really frustrated about having botched the job.
事情没办好，心里老觉得窝憋得慌。
You botched the last job but can redeem yourself on this one.
你把上次的工作搞糟了，但可通过这次的工作挽回声誉。
Four years after Iraq's botched invasion, the British and Americans have no such advantage.
和当年的法国相比，在入侵伊拉克四年后的今天，美英两国没有任何优势可言。