botch

/bɒtʃ/ (bre, ipa) · /bɑːtʃ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbäch/ (ame, mw)

botch — 動詞

  • botchpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • botcheshe / she / it
  • botchedpast simple
  • botching-ing form

1. If you botch a piece of work, you do it so poorly that the result is ruined or u

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B2
釋義

搞砸

因技術差而破壞某事

If you botch a piece of work, you do it so poorly that the result is ruined or unusable.

例句

Ananya hired decorators who botched the paint job, leaving streaks on every wall.

Ananya 請來的裝修師傅搞砸了油漆工作，每面牆上都是刷痕。

botch + direct object (the paint job)

Wei botched his first attempt at making sushi when the rice turned out too sticky.

Wei 第一次嘗試做壽司就搞砸了，因為米飯煮得太黏。

同義詞
  • bungle

    slightly more formal; often used for tasks requiring care

  • mess up

    informal; very common in everyday speech

  • flub

    American English, informal; often for a small mistake

  • mishandle

    more formal; can suggest poor management rather than lack of skill

反義詞
  • succeed

    generic opposite — to do something well

  • master

    implies gaining skill rather than simply avoiding error

文法句型

botch + object

botch up + object

botch (no object)

用法筆記

Often used with the particle 'up' (botch up) in spoken English, though the meaning is the same.

常見錯誤

❌The chef botched the pasta by adding too little salt' — implies the dish was ruined, not just slightly imperfect.
✅The chef burned the pasta and had to throw it away
💡he really botched it.' — 'botch' is for major failures, not minor issues.

botch — 名詞