It's not as embarrassing to botch a basic scientific fact, if you can say that you were misled by an incorrect entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica.(弄错一个基本的科学事实也没什么可尴尬的,你大可以说你被大英百科全书中的某个错误条目误导了。)
I began collecting synonyms for the word "failure" mentioned in the interview, and I found more than 20: mistake, error, false start, flop, loss, miss, stumble, botch, bungle, --but not failure.(在访谈中,他们用别的同义词代替“失败”这个词,这些同义词有20多个,如过失、错误、起步失误、栽了、亏了、错失、弄错、弄糟、搞砸(砸锅)等等,但都不是“失败”。)
The author proposes a new algorithm, combining fuzzy control with the conventional PID regulation in accordance with botch characteristics.(根据常规PID控制算法和模糊控制算法的特点,作者提出了一种将这两种算法结合在一起的复合控制的新型算法。)
This is the best posting I’ve ever had, no kids, nocats, no-wax floors, so I don’t want to botch it.(这是我做过的最好的工作,没小孩,没猫,没有打蜡的地板,所以我不想搞砸了。)
To make a stupid, usually serious error in; botch.(搞糟在…方面犯了很愚蠢且通常很严重的错误;糟蹋。)
I've made a real botch of the decorating.(我的装潢工作做得实在是糟糕。)
They were victims of a computer botch-up.(他们是电脑一团糟的受害者。)
I'm afraid the unexpected accident may botch up the dinner today.(恐怕这意想不到的事故会把今天的晚宴搞糟。)
If you can't get the answers to basic questions right on the phone, there's no point in interviewers watching you botch those questions in person.(如果在电话里你都不能把一些基本问题讲清除,那么就没有当面让你回答它们的必要。)
That isn't to say it is easy and there are several ways to botch software reuse.(这并不是说勉强做到重用很容易、有方法可循。)