【botch】 - A-level备考词汇

botch

UK:  [bɒtʃ]

现在分词：botching  过去式：botched  第三人称单数：botches  

v.

1.粗拙地补缀,修补

2.笨手笨脚地弄坏

3.把...搞糟,搞坏了事情

n.

1.拙劣的工作,笨活

2.粗拙的补缀

3.〔英方〕疮,瘤

4.〔医〕(皮肤上的)疖,脓疱,溃疡

1 . Just a second of hesitation is often enough to botch a crucial possession in a tight game.
仅仅一秒的犹豫往往就足够在一场紧张的比赛中延误战机。

2 . The terrible mechanic seems to have made a botch of repairing the car.
这个糟糕的机修工好象把这辆汽车越修越坏。

3 . A bigger mistake than any botch job you'll ever manage is to try to bury your mistakes and pretend they don't exist.
比起你曾处理的拙劣的工作来，更大的错误是试图掩盖你的错误，并假装它们并不存在。

4 . Everything they have made has been a rushed botch job.
他们所做的一切都是匆忙的修补工作。

5 . I called upon room service twice, and though difficult to botch up a sandwich, food delivery was prompt and everything freshly-made.
我每天都使用两次客房订餐服务，虽然做一个三明治挺费劲的，不过他们送餐很迅速，东西也很新鲜。