Word · Frequency #23903
bungling
搞砸；弄糟
bungling is the present participle of bungle.
to do or make something badly; to spoil something by clumsy or foolish mistakes
- 1.
To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
无能地执行(任务)；因无能而毁坏(某物)；搞砸,笨拙地做
- 2.
To act or work incompetently; to fumble.
无能地行动或工作；笨拙地做事
- 3.
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
搞糟,破坏或毁灭
- 4.
spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
因笨拙或愚蠢而搞砸
笨手笨脚；做事无能；无能地执行(任务)；因无能而毁坏(某物)；搞砸,笨拙地做；无能地行动或工作；笨拙地做事；搞糟,破坏或毁灭；因笨拙或愚蠢而搞砸
In use
He bungled the job interview by arriving late and forgetting his résumé.
The government is bungling the response to the crisis, causing widespread frustration.
She always bungles simple tasks because she doesn't pay attention.
I bungled it!
Verb forms
base bungle · third person bungles · -ing bungling · past bungled · past participle bungled
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- bungle the job
- 把工作搞砸
- He bungled the job and had to redo it from scratch.他把工作搞砸了，只好从头再来。
- bungle an operation
- 搞砸一次行动
- The police bungled the operation and the suspect escaped.警方搞砸了这次行动，让嫌疑人逃跑了。
- bungle a rescue
- 搞砸救援行动
- Rescuers bungled the rescue and endangered the victims.救援人员搞砸了救援，使受害者陷入危险。
- bungle the negotiations
- 弄糟谈判
- The government bungled the negotiations, and the deal collapsed.政府弄糟了谈判，协议随之破裂。
- bungle the rollout
- 搞砸发布
- The company bungled the rollout of its new software.这家公司搞砸了新软件的发布。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：bundle（捆）是把东西捆好；bungle 把 n 换成 g，像把捆好的东西弄散，搞砸了。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：新闻报道、日常对话、职场讨论 bungle 多用于描述因能力不足或笨拙而把事情搞砸，语气介乎中性偏口语。新闻和日常交流中都比较常见，但在严谨的学术或正式公文写作中较少使用。
Grammar Note
及物动词，常后接名词或代词作宾语
Pronunciation & Spelling
只有 jungle 与 bungle 押韵（同为 /ʌŋɡəl/）。bangle、tangle、mingle、single 拼写都以 -ngle 结尾，发音也含 /ŋɡəl/，但元音不同（bangle/tangle 为 /æ/，mingle/single 为 /ɪ/），注意不要混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.