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单词 bungle
释义

bungle

/ˈbʌŋɡ(ə)l /
verb [with object]
1Carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently: she had bungled every attempt to help (as adjective bungled) a bungled bank raid...
  • First, while not unreasonable, the assumption that we would bungle the task of assigning rationality is speculative.
  • However, with a victory target of 226, Mon Repos bungled the task and finished at 105 for 8, to avoid a match defeat.
  • If I bungled this mission it would look horrible on my record.

Synonyms

mishandle, mismanage, mess up, make a mess of, botch, spoil, mar, ruin
informal make a hash of, muff, fluff, foul up, screw up, louse up, bitch up, blow, foozle
British informal make a muck of, make a pig's ear of, cock up, make a Horlicks of
North American informal flub, goof up, bobble
vulgar slang fuck up, bugger up, balls up, bollix up
1.1 [no object] (usually as adjective bungling) Make or be prone to making many mistakes: the work of a bungling amateur...
  • It is all in the facts and figures, but, of course, she images somebody who is useless, inept, bungling, and ineffectual.
  • Now his not knowing the difference was what I should call bungling and very amateurish.
  • Crime-fighting in the early 18th century has tended to be written off as bungling and corrupt, but Sharpe makes the important revisionist point that the Gregory gang was brought down with exemplary speed and efficiency.

Synonyms

incompetent, blundering, amateurish, inept, unskilful, inexpert, clumsy, maladroit, gauche, awkward, inefficient, muddled, oafish, clodhopping, bumbling, stumbling, lumbering, foolish, useless
informal ham-fisted, ham-handed, cack-handed
noun
A mistake or badly carried out action: a government bungle over state pensions...
  • But a minister should also be prepared to accept blame and responsibility for the mistakes and bungles made.
  • But the mistakes and bungles didn't stop at the conclusion of the war to end all wars.
  • They need to be told that they will not become criminals because of the department's bungles and blunders.

Origin

Mid 16th century: of unknown origin; compare with bumble.

Rhymes

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