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bungle

verb
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡl/
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡl/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bungle
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡl/
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡl/
he / she / it bungles
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡlz/
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡlz/
past simple bungled
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡld/
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡld/
past participle bungled
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡld/
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡld/
-ing form bungling
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡlɪŋ/
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  1. bungle (something) to do something badly or without skill; to fail at something笨拙地做；失败 synonym botch
    • They bungled the job.他们把活儿搞糟了。🔊🔊
    • a bungled robbery/raid/attempt未遂的抢劫／袭击／尝试
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBungle is used with these nouns as the object:
    • job
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with bumble.

bungle

noun
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡl/
🔊/ˈbʌŋɡl/
[usually singular]
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  1. something that is done badly and that causes problems搞糟了的事情；失误
    • Their pay was late because of a computer bungle.由于计算机出错，他们的工资晚发了。🔊🔊
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin; compare with bumble.