bungler

IPA/ˈbʌŋɡlə(r)/
KK[bˈʌŋɡlɚ]IPA/ˈbʌŋɡlər/

bungler — 名詞

1. someone who carries out a task so clumsily or carelessly that the result is spoi

1.名詞C1
釋義

笨手笨腳的人

做事粗心、常把事情搞砸的人

someone who carries out a task so clumsily or carelessly that the result is spoiled or has to be redone, often through silly mistakes rather than bad luck.

例句

The plumber turned out to be a complete bungler, leaving Christopher's kitchen flooded by morning.

結果那位水電工根本是個笨手笨腳的人，到了早上就讓 Christopher 的廚房整個淹水。

evaluative noun in the predicate after 'turned out to be'

Noor refused to hire that builder again, calling him a bungler who ruined every door he hung.

Noor 不肯再請那位木工，罵他是個笨手笨腳的傢伙，每扇門都被他裝壞。

modified by a relative clause that lists the careless mistakes

常見搭配
  • a complete bungler
  • a hopeless bungler
  • call someone a bungler
  • branded a bungler
  • a bungler at (something)
同義詞
  • klutz

    informal, focuses on physical clumsiness rather than poor judgement

  • bumbler

    similar but milder; suggests slow confused effort rather than ruined results

  • incompetent

    more formal, broader — covers professional inability of any kind

  • blunderer

    near-synonym; emphasises specific obvious mistakes the person makes

反義詞
  • expert

    someone who does the same task skillfully and reliably

  • professional

    produces clean results that don't have to be redone

文法句型

a bungler at + noun/gerund

用法筆記

Almost always negative and evaluative — the speaker is judging the person, not neutrally describing them. Frequently appears as a label in copular sentences (be / become / turn out to be a bungler) or as a name-calling complement (call / brand someone a bungler).

常見錯誤

The earthquake made him a bungler.
His careless habits made him a bungler.
a bungler messes things up through his own carelessness, not because of outside disasters.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • a pack of bunglers

常用片語

  • a complete bungler
  • a hopeless bungler
  • branded a bungler
  • called a bungler

介系詞搭配

  • a bungler at