bungle

verb

1. 笨拙地做；失败
   to do sth badly or without skill; to fail at sth
   1. They bungled the job.
      他们把活儿搞糟了。
   2. a bungled robbery/raid/attempt
      未遂的抢劫 / 袭击 / 尝试

noun

1. 搞糟了的事情；失误
   something that is done badly and that causes problems
   1. Their pay was late because of a computer bungle.
      由于计算机出错，他们的工资晚发了。

1. VERB （因出错或手脚笨拙）把…搞砸
   If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
   1. Two prisoners bungled an escape bid after running either side of a lamp-post while handcuffed.
      两名被手铐铐在一起的囚犯试图逃跑时分别往电灯杆两边跑，结果没逃掉。
   2. ...the FBI's bungled attempt to end the 51 day siege.
      联邦调查局为结束持续51天的围困进行的糟糕尝试
   3. Bungle is also a noun.
      
   4. ...an appalling administrative bungle.
      重大管理失误

1. Two prisoners bungled an escape bid after running either side of a lamp-post while handcuffed.
   两名被手铐铐在一起的囚犯试图逃跑时分别往电灯杆两边跑，结果没逃掉。
2. Bring to wrack and ruin; bungle
   办事砸了锅
3. All 900 million users around the world were advised they needed a patch because of a colossal security bungle.
   由于存在巨大的安全隐患，微软建议全世界9亿IE浏览器用户安装补丁。
4. TCL is not the first acquirer to bungle a foreign merger and many of the reasons are familiar: unrealistic objectives, lack of local market knowledge and poor execution.
   TCL并不是第一家搞砸海外收购的企业，其中的许多原因人们也耳熟能详：目标不切实际，对当地市场不了解，以及执行不佳。
5. I was afraid you would bungle this assignment but I had no one else to send.
   我担心这份工作给你搞坏了，可是我再也派不出别人了。
6. I've got to exert myself more for I don't want to make a bungle of this book.
   我必须更加努力，因为我可不想把这本书写砸。
7. Seeing that the marching speed was slower and slower, Cao Cao was very worried because he feared that he might bungle the chance of winning the battle.
   曹操看行军的速度越来越慢，担心贻误战机，心里很是着急。
8. Bungle a step and it's, how do you say in English, swill.
   贻误了一步，它的，你怎么说英语，泔水。
9. That last stupid bungle of his is the end.
   他那最后一次愚蠢的错误使我再也无法容忍了。
10. My discomfort at having to make an offer put me to thinking that we often bungle our housing decisions.
    不得不开价买房给我带来的不爽，让我联想到，我们经常搞砸我们的购房决策。
11. The whole job was a gigantic bungle.
    整件工作都糟透了。
12. If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
    要是你养不好孩子，我想其它的事情你也不会很看重。
13. To make or perform clumsily; bungle.
    表现拙劣做得或表现得拙劣；搞得一团糟。
14. Don't let him mend your bike. he's sure to bungle the job.
    别让他修理你的自行车。他肯定会弄得一团糟的。
15. Students psychological obstacle is one of the main elements which bungle the implementation of successful teaching.
    学生的阅读心理障碍是影响阅读教学成功实施的主要原因之一。
16. At present, it is mainly used by the wireless communication between the ships, because it is easy to receive disturbs, reliability, mobility bad, to lose the traffic capacity and bungle a military opportunity.
    目前，舰船之间所采用的主要是无线电通信，由于易受干扰，可靠性，机动性差，容易丧失通信能力、贻误战机，因此急需寻求新的通信装备加以补充。

  bungle blunder botch cock up【导航词义：搞砸】

  bungle v. 搞砸

〔辨析〕指因犯愚蠢的错误而将某事搞糟，尤用于新闻报道。

  blunder v. 犯错，出纰漏

〔辨析〕指因粗心或愚蠢犯下较大的过错。

  botch v. 〈非正式〉把…做得拙劣

〔辨析〕指因为不经心或缺少技术而把某事物搞糟，也常用作 botch up。

  cock up phr.v. 〈英，非正式〉把…搞砸，弄糟

〔辨析〕属于较粗鲁的说法，指将某事愚蠢地搞砸，因而难以收拾。

noun

1. an embarrassing mistake

   Synonym:    blunderblooperbloomerpratfallfoul-upfuckupflubbotchbonerboo-boo

verb

1. spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
   1. I bungled it!

2. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   1. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
   2. the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

   Synonym:    botchbodgebumblefumblebotch upmuffblowflubscrew upball upspoilmuck upfluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up