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make a bungle
The company made a bungle in its product launch.
公司在产品发布上犯了一个令人尴尬的错误。
失误；差错；笨拙的错误
bungles — plural of bungle
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失误；差错；笨拙的错误
A botched or incompetently handled action or situation; a blunder.
The company made a bungle in its product launch.
公司在产品发布上犯了一个令人尴尬的错误。
处理不当或无能的行为或情况；失误
A botched or incompetently handled action or situation; a blunder.
令人尴尬的错误
an embarrassing mistake
The software launch was a complete bungle that cost the company millions.
这次软件发布完全是个令人尴尬的错误，让公司损失了数百万。
He made several bungles during the presentation, mixing up the slides and data.
他在演示中犯了几个令人尴尬的错误，把幻灯片和数据都搞混了。
The government's handling of the crisis was a diplomatic bungle that drew international criticism.
政府对该危机的处理是一场外交上的令人尴尬的错误，招致了国际批评。
The company made a bungle in its product launch.
公司在产品发布上犯了一个令人尴尬的错误。
There was a bungle in the calculation of the budget.
预算计算中出现了错误。
The bungle by the new employee cost the company thousands.
新员工的失误让公司损失了数千美元。
Not this
He bungled the project.
Use this
He made a bungle in the project.
将'bungle'误用为动词。'bungle'作为名词时意为'令人尴尬的错误'，不能直接用作动词。应使用'make a bungle'结构。
Not this
He is a bungle.
Use this
He is a bungler.
混淆了'bungle'（错误）和'bungler'（常犯错的人）。'bungle'是表示'错误'的名词，不能用于指代人；指代人应使用'bungler'。
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彻底的失误
The rescue operation was a complete bungle from start to finish.
救援行动从头到尾都是一场彻底的失误。
政府失误
The new tax system was a government bungle that cost millions.
新税收制度是一次让政府损失数百万的失误。
警方失误
The investigation was another police bungle that allowed the suspect to escape.
这次调查再次出现警方失误，让嫌疑人逃走了。
安保失误
A security bungle at the stadium let unauthorized people into the VIP area.
体育场的一次安保失误让未经授权的人进入了贵宾区。
一连串失误
The project failed after a series of bungles.
在一连串失误之后，这个项目失败了。
丛林中的失误（英国乐队 Jethro Tull 1974 年歌曲名，借“丛林”比喻混乱的生活）
The mayor called the event a success, but everyone saw it as a bungle.
市长称这场活动很成功，但人人都觉得它是一团糟。
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记忆联想：bungle 开头像 bun（圆面包），想象端出烤焦的面包——这就是一次 bungle，尴尬的失误。
语域：neutral 常见场景：News reports about institutional or governmental failures、Everyday descriptions of a task that was handled badly 该名词用法通常语气中性，比较常见于新闻报道、机构检讨或日常叙述中，指因处理不当而造成的失误或尴尬错误；口语中也可以说，但不如动词形式常用。
可数名词，常与a连用。
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