a botched + noun
botched 放在名词前，表示某事做得马虎、不专业，常与 job、repair、attempt、operation 等搭配。
He lost his job after a botched repair.
一次拙劣的修理之后，他丢了工作。
搞砸的；拙劣的
制作或修理得笨拙马虎的。
done or repaired clumsily or incompetently; bungled
制作或修理得笨拙马虎的。
Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.
A botched surgery led to serious complications.
一次拙劣的手术导致了严重的并发症。
用法提示：形容词'botched'修饰'surgery'，表示手术因操作不当而失败。
The botched repair job only made the leak worse.
那次拙劣的修理工作只会让泄漏更严重。
用法提示：'botched'作定语修饰'repair job'，强调修理工作做得不好。
He regretted his botched attempt to fix the computer.
他后悔自己拙劣的尝试修理电脑。
用法提示：'botched'修饰'attempt'，说明尝试失败且做得笨拙。
botched 放在名词前，表示某事做得马虎、不专业，常与 job、repair、attempt、operation 等搭配。
He lost his job after a botched repair.
一次拙劣的修理之后，他丢了工作。
复数名词前不加冠词，泛指多起或某一类搞砸的事情。
Botched surgeries left several patients in pain.
几次拙劣的手术让好几位病人饱受疼痛。
在 botched 前加 badly、totally 等副词，可以强调搞砸的程度。
The film is about a badly botched robbery.
这部电影讲的是一次搞得很糟的抢劫。
grammar · medium
易错句子The repair was botch.
正确表达The repair was botched.
be 动词后需要形容词或过去分词作表语，不能用动词原形 botch；这里表示“被搞砸的”，应用形容词 botched。
grammar · medium
易错句子The project botched.
正确表达The project was botched.
汉语形容词可以直接作谓语（如“项目搞砸了”），但英语形容词作表语通常要加 be 动词；这里应说 was botched。
都表示“做坏了的”。bungled 强调执行过程出错、把事情搞糟，常搭配行动、任务、尝试；botched 强调因手艺差把东西做坏或修坏，结果拙劣，常搭配手术、修补、改装。
拼写和读音与 botched 接近，容易看错；但 blotched 指皮肤或表面布满斑块、污渍，与笨拙、做坏毫无关系，不能互换使用。
mangled 强调被撕扯、压碎而严重变形，多用于车辆、肢体、文字；botched 强调因技术差而把事做坏或修坏，重点是人为失误，不强调变形。
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