botched

bɔtʃt

v make a mess of, destroy or ruin
s spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness

v. 修补( botch的过去式和过去分词 ); 搞坏, 搞砸, 笨拙地做

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botched 是动词 botch 的过去分词形式，表示做事糟糕或失败。词根 botch 本身没有明显的词根词缀，但可以联想到 bad（糟糕），帮助记忆其含义。

例句

1. The plumber botched the repair, causing a leak in the bathroom.

水管工把修理搞砸了，导致浴室漏水。

2. She was upset because her cake was botched and didn't rise properly.

她很沮丧，因为她的蛋糕失败了，没有发起来。

3. The director was criticized for the botched ending of the movie.

这位导演因电影的糟糕结局而受到批评。