bungle

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v. 拙劣地工作, 粗制滥造, 把...搞糟 n. 粗劣, 失误, 笨拙

发音

US /ˈbʌŋɡ(ə)l/
其它
UK /ˈbʌŋɡ(ə)l/

词形变化

bungles 复数 bungles bungled bungles 三单 bungling bungling 现在分词 bungled 过去式 bungled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A botched or incompetently handled action or situation; a blunder.

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries 'I can't allow it,' insisted Carrados, moved by the horror of what he saw impending. 'The man discovered Byles there ever in the dark, and we know how that encounter ended. No, Parkinson, I won't have you sacrificed in the forlorn hope of patching up my bungle.'

v.
  1. 1.

    To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.

    搞砸

    及物
  2. 2.

    To act or work incompetently; to fumble.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

boner blunder boo-boo fuck-up bloomer botch blooper flub foul-up pratfall

上位词 3

fault mistake error

下位词 10

trip bull slip spectacle stumble fluff muff fumble misstep snafu
动词

同义词 10

blow spoil bollocks fluff muff bumble fumble botch bobble foul up

上位词 10

do act carry bear fail behave conduct deport acquit go wrong

词源

The origin of the verb is uncertain; it is either: * onomatopoeic in origin (compare bumble (“to act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes”), fumble (“to grope awkwardly in trying to find something; to blunder uncertainly”)); or * from Old Norse; compare Old Swedish bunga (“to strike”), and dialectal Swedish bangla (“to work ineffectually”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * German Bengel (“cudgel; rude fellow”) * Middle High German bungen (“to hammer”)

来源：wiktionary