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单词 goof-up
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Definition of goof-up in English:

goof-up

noun
North American informal
  • A stupid mistake.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Williams and Tollett do their best here to minimize such goof-ups.
    • Some goof-ups actually turn you from a favorite into an underdog on the hand.
    • If one were to look for goof-ups, there were plenty of them.
    • I particularly like the new Selective Undo, which lets you choose which goof-up you want to correct.
    • I just hope that's ALL the trouble we're going to have because of that goof-up.
    • Remember my goof-ups the past few days, like when I tried to use my knife to eat beans and when I tried to light a misplaced bar of soap, claiming it was a candle?
    • While there may have been plenty of musical goof-ups, the crowd was anything but underwhelmed.
    • I don't know much about it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are taking an unreasonably broad interpretation of the nondisclosure order to try to shield their goof-up from the public.
    • There are always software bugs and security goof-ups.
    • The path to justice for families or victims of those who suffer a medical goof-up, he believes, is awfully steep.
    • I nodded, pretending not to see her uncomfortableness or goof-up.
    • A six-minute blooper reel of rough footage features some outtakes and goof-ups incurred while filming Vamp.
    Synonyms
    make a mess of, bungle, botch, fluff, fumble, butcher, mess up
 
 

Definition of goof-up in US English:

goof-up

nounˈɡo͞ofəpˈɡufəp
North American informal
  • A stupid mistake.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Williams and Tollett do their best here to minimize such goof-ups.
    • I just hope that's ALL the trouble we're going to have because of that goof-up.
    • The path to justice for families or victims of those who suffer a medical goof-up, he believes, is awfully steep.
    • Remember my goof-ups the past few days, like when I tried to use my knife to eat beans and when I tried to light a misplaced bar of soap, claiming it was a candle?
    • If one were to look for goof-ups, there were plenty of them.
    • I don't know much about it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are taking an unreasonably broad interpretation of the nondisclosure order to try to shield their goof-up from the public.
    • While there may have been plenty of musical goof-ups, the crowd was anything but underwhelmed.
    • I particularly like the new Selective Undo, which lets you choose which goof-up you want to correct.
    • Some goof-ups actually turn you from a favorite into an underdog on the hand.
    • A six-minute blooper reel of rough footage features some outtakes and goof-ups incurred while filming Vamp.
    • There are always software bugs and security goof-ups.
    • I nodded, pretending not to see her uncomfortableness or goof-up.
    Synonyms
    make a mess of, bungle, botch, fluff, fumble, butcher, mess up
 
 
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