Phrase
botch up
/bɔtʃ ʌp/
verb
搞砸；弄糟；破坏
make a mess of; destroy or ruin
- 1.
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
弄得一团糟,破坏或毁坏
弄得一团糟,破坏或毁坏；<口>(由于不注意、不小心等)搞坏；弄糟
In use
He botched up the presentation by forgetting the key points.
I've botched up the repair, so now the machine won't start at all.
She is botching up the cake by adding too much salt.
botch up sth
He botched up the whole project.
他把整个项目搞砸了。
botch sth up
宾语可以放在短语中间或后面，意思不变。
She botched the job up badly.
她把这工作搞得很糟。
Common mistakes
I botched up it.I botched it up.
在动词短语中，代词宾语必须放在动词和副词之间，不能放在副词之后。
He botched up again.He botched it up again.
‘botch up’是及物动词短语，需要宾语。如果省略宾语，句子意思不完整。
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Grammar Note
用于口语，后接名词或代词
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