bungling
bungling — 形容詞
- bunglingpositive
- more bunglingcomparative
- most bunglingsuperlative
1. A bungling person, attempt, or piece of work handles a job so badly that it ends
拙劣；笨拙
處理事情笨拙又常出錯的
A bungling person, attempt, or piece of work handles a job so badly that it ends up full of clumsy mistakes.
The bungling electrician cut the wrong wire and darkened the whole shop.
那位拙劣的電工剪錯了電線，讓整間店都暗了下來。
bungling + job title blamed for an obvious mistake
Ritu's bungling apology only made the argument worse at dinner.
Ritu 那番笨拙的道歉反而讓晚餐時的爭執更嚴重。
bungling + attempt that worsens the situation
A bungling attempt to hang the shelf left six holes in the wall.
那次拙劣的掛架子嘗試，在牆上留下了六個洞。
pattern: a bungling attempt to + verb
After two bungling passes, Omar kicked the ball straight to the other team.
兩次笨拙的傳球後，Omar 直接把球踢給了對方。
The crew looked bungling as paint dripped onto the hotel carpet.
油漆滴到飯店地毯上時，整個團隊看起來非常笨拙。
predicative use: look bungling
- bungling official
- bungling attempt
- bungling repair
- bungling investigation
- bungling response
- bungling thief
- clumsy
often stresses awkward movement with the hands or body more than bad judgment
- inept
harsher and more formal; often suggests embarrassing incompetence
- botched
usually describes the bad result itself rather than the person causing it
- incompetent
stronger and broader, often used for someone's general lack of ability
文法句型
a bungling + person or group
a bungling attempt to + verb
look / seem bungling
用法筆記
Often criticizes visible handling errors rather than a lack of knowledge in general. Common before nouns such as official, repair, operation, response, or attempt; after be or look, it describes a person or team in action.