blunderer
/ˈblʌn.də.rər/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈblʌn.dɚ.ɚ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈblən-dər-ər/ (ame, mw)
blunderer — 名詞
- blunderersingular
- blunderersplural
1. a person who often gets important things wrong through carelessness or poor judg
冒失鬼
常因粗心犯大錯的人
a person who often gets important things wrong through carelessness or poor judgment.
After three billing errors, the office labeled Sahil a blunderer and reassigned the invoices.
出了三次帳單錯誤後，辦公室把 Sahil 當成冒失鬼，改派別人處理發票。
call someone a blunderer after repeated careless mistakes
In the comedy, the blunderer drops the cake before the wedding photos begin.
在那部喜劇裡，那個冒失鬼在婚禮拍照前就把蛋糕摔了。
Teachers knew Bao was no blunderer; the missing page came from the printer.
老師知道 Bao 不是冒失鬼；少掉的那一頁其實是印表機的問題。
The captain sounded like a blunderer after steering the ferry toward the rocks.
船長把渡輪開向礁石後，聽起來簡直像個冒失鬼。
At family dinners, Aunt Mei laughs about being a blunderer in the kitchen.
家庭聚餐時，Mei 阿姨會笑著說自己是廚房裡的冒失鬼。
- bungler
very close in meaning, but often stresses doing a task badly from lack of skill
- klutz
informal and more focused on physical awkwardness than general bad judgment
- scatterbrain
informal; emphasizes absent-mindedness more than the damage caused by mistakes
- safe pair of hands
phrase for someone trusted to handle things carefully and reliably
- careful worker
someone who checks details and avoids avoidable mistakes
文法句型
a + blunderer
call someone a blunderer
be no blunderer
用法筆記
Usually describes a person's repeated pattern of careless mistakes, not one isolated slip. It often sounds critical or teasing rather than neutral in everyday speech.