V-T If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. 使…糟糕 [非正式]
...a botched job.
…一项拙劣的工作。
PHRASAL VERB Botch up means the same as . 使…糟糕
I hate having builders botch up repairs on my house.
我痛恨建筑工人笨手笨脚地修理我的房子。
N-COUNT If you make a botch of something that you are doing, you botch it. 弄得一团糟 [非正式]
He completely botched up the interview.
他面试表现得糟透了。
The work they did on the house was a botched job.
他们整修房子做得一塌糊涂。
Some blame that on botched public relations.
有人将此归咎于搞砸了的公共关系。
He is also believed to have been involved in a botched attempt to shoot down an Israeli charter jet leaving the Mombasa airport the same day.
VOA: standard.2009.09.17
Analysts say Mr.Kim may be heading to China to seek financial aid, following a botched North Korean currency reform at the end of last year that worsened inflation and sparked civil unrest.
VOA: standard.2010.05.03
The suspected terrorist was thought to have been involved in a 2002 bombing of an Israeli tourist hotel on the coast of Kenya and a botched attempt at shooting down an Israeli charter jet the same day.
VOA: standard.2009.09.16
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