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Bungle V Sth Off(顺利完成 Job Swedish Bʌŋgl V.粗制滥造

单词 bungle
音标 ['bʌŋgl]
解释 v.粗制滥造
红宝书 【英】 v. 粗制滥造(do sth badly );n. 拙劣的工作(bad piece of work)
【考】 反义词:bring off(顺利完成)
【同】 派生词: bungler(笨手笨脚的 人)近形词: jungle(丛林); tangle(纠缠)
【例】 The whole job was a gigantic bungle .
字源 bungle (v.)
1520s, origin obscure. OED suggests imitative; perhaps a mix of boggle and bumble, or more likely from a Scandinavian word akin to Swedish bangla "to work ineffectually," Old Swedish bunga "to strike" (related to German Bengel "cudgel," also "rude fellow"). Related: Bungled; bungling.
bungle (n.)
1650s, from bungle (v.).
不择手段背单词 v. 粗制滥造, 拙劣的工作(do sth badly); n 拙劣的工作(做事拙劣或低效率) = blooper = blunder = boner = fluff = lapse
【例】I bungled the job 我把事情搞糟了.
【记】读: 般沟. 帮人搬家把东西般到沟里-拙劣的工作
【参】bungler(n 笨手笨脚的人); jungle(n 丛林)读: 长高tangle(v 纠缠)读: 探戈-两个人纠缠在一起.
【反】bring off(顺利完成)
趣味全助记 【记】音:帮工,帮工是业余的工人,拙劣,比专业工人质量差多了;帮够了 bung + gl + le 吗?瞧你这帮忙帮的,越帮越忙,越帮越乱

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