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botch v.拙笨地修补；糟蹋n.拙笨的修补；难看的补缀 (1) 那个技工想把我的汽车修好，可是他一修更糟了。(2) 恐怕这意想不到的事故会把今天的晚宴搞糟。(3) 你好象把这电脑越修越糟。 Interestingly, the word botch originally meant the opposite of what it means today. The Middle English word bocchen meant to mend or repair. As a noun botch means an embarrassing mistake or something that is done poorly, especially due to lack of skill. If they've never painted before, your friends working on set design might make a complete botch of the scenery for the play, which might involve repainting the whole thing.

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英 [bɒtʃ] 美 [bɑːtʃ] (1) The mechanic tried to repair my car,but he really botched it up.(2) I'm afraid the unexpected accident may botch up the dinner tonight.(3) You've probably made a botch-up of repairing the computer. If you botch something, you make a mess of it or you ruin it. If you totally botch your lines in the school play, you stammer and stutter your way through the whole thing. 1[VERB 动词]把…搞糟；笨手笨脚地做 If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [V P n (not pron)]  [V n P]  [INFORMAL 非正式]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。...a botched job.拙劣的工作Botch up means the same as botch .botch up 同 botchI 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。Hemingway complained that Nichols had 'botched everything up'.海明威抱怨尼科尔斯“把一切都搞砸了”。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]拙劣的工作；粗制滥造 If you make a botch of something that you are doing, you botch it.   [usu sing]  [INFORMAL 非正式]I rather made a botch of that whole thing.我结果把那整件事弄得一团糟。

英语单词	botch
英美音标	英 [bɒtʃ] 美 [bɑːtʃ]
中文释义	v.拙笨地修补；糟蹋 n.拙笨的修补；难看的补缀
英语例句	(1) The mechanic tried to repair my car,but he really botched it up. (2) I'm afraid the unexpected accident may botch up the dinner tonight. (3) You've probably made a botch-up of repairing the computer.
中文例句	(1) 那个技工想把我的汽车修好，可是他一修更糟了。 (2) 恐怕这意想不到的事故会把今天的晚宴搞糟。 (3) 你好象把这电脑越修越糟。
vocabulary简明	If you botch something, you make a mess of it or you ruin it. If you totally botch your lines in the school play, you stammer and stutter your way through the whole thing.
vocabulary扩展	Interestingly, the word botch originally meant the opposite of what it means today. The Middle English word bocchen meant to mend or repair. As a noun botch means an embarrassing mistake or something that is done poorly, especially due to lack of skill. If they've never painted before, your friends working on set design might make a complete botch of the scenery for the play, which might involve repainting the whole thing.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]把…搞糟；笨手笨脚地做 If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. [V n] [V-ed] [V P n (not pron)] [V n P] [INFORMAL 非正式] 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。 ...a botched job. 拙劣的工作 Botch up means the same as botch .botch up 同 botch 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。 Hemingway complained that Nichols had 'botched everything up'. 海明威抱怨尼科尔斯“把一切都搞砸了”。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]拙劣的工作；粗制滥造 If you make a botch of something that you are doing, you botch it. [usu sing] [INFORMAL 非正式] I rather made a botch of that whole thing. 我结果把那整件事弄得一团糟。

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