badly 笨拙地弄糟：He comp/eteiy botched up the inter­view•他面试表现得糟透了。 ◊ rhe work they did on the house was a botched job.他们整修房子做得一塌糊涂。

mnoun (also 'botch-up) {BrE, informal) a piece of work or a job that has been done badly拙全的工作；粗制滥造 的活：J’ve made a reaZ botch 〇/ the decorating.我的装演 工作做得实在是糟糕。

both /b0〇0; NAmEbouQ/ del, pron.

1 used with plural nouns to mean ‘the two’ or ‘the one as well as the other’（与复数名词连用）两个，两个都： Both women were French. M凌妇ic都是法国人。◊ Both the women were French.两名妇女都i是法囪人。◊ Both 〇/ the women were French.两名妇女i是法国人。◊ J taZfce) to the women. Both of them were French/They were both Frenc/i.我和两位妇女交谈了。她们都是法国人。◊nifced them both.他俩我都喜欢。◊ We were both tired咱俩都 累了。◊ Both us were tired.咱俩都累了。◊ We have both seen the movie.我们俩都看 & 迻祐‘―。oJ have two sisters. Both of them live in London/They both live in London.我有两个姐妹。她俩都住在伦敦。◊ Both fmy) sisters 〖iVe i‘n London•我的两个姐妹都住在伦敦。2 both …and ... not only…but aiso .•.不仅…而且…；…和… 都：Both his mother and his/ather wi’H be there.他父母 二人都要去那里。◊ For this job you wiH need a good knowledge of both Italian and Spanish.

要精通意大利语和西班牙语。

bother 〇T» /'bDQa(r); NAmE 'baiQ-/ verb, noun, exclam­ation

■ verb 1 (often used in negative sentences and questions 常用于去定句和疑问句）〜(with/about sth) to spend time and/or energy doing sth花费时间精力（做某事）：[V] ‘Shall I wait?’ ‘No, don’t: bother’. “要我等一下吗？” “不，别费事了。” ◊ ft’s not worth bothering with (=

using) an umbrella—the ca^s just outside.               

汽车备停在外面。◊了 don’t fcnow why J bother/ Nobody everfetens/舍不知道我干吗要浪费时丨运！根本没人听！ ◊

1                  dorCt know why you bother with that crowd (= why you spend time with them).我弄不懂你为什么和那伙乂 浪费扣间。◊ [V to inf] He didn’t even bother to Zet me fcnow he was coming. ‘甚至连通知都没通知我他要来。

〇 [V -ing] Why bother asking if you^e not really inter- ested?如果你不是真的感兴趣，干吗费口舌打听呢？

2                  〜sb (about/with sth) to annoy，worry or upset sb; to cause sb trouble or pain 使（某乂）烦恼（或担忧、不 安）;给（某人）造成麻烦（或痛苦）：[VN] 77ie thing that bothers me is ..•.让，感到不安的是…◊ Ybu don’t sound too bothered about ft•舍来你沐示十分担心这事。

〇 I don^ want to bother her with my problems at the moment.我此刻不想让她为我的事操心。◊ That sprained anfcie is sriH bothering her (= hurting).她那扭伤的脚踝 还在隐隐作痛。◊‘了’爪 sorry /ie was so rutie to you.’ ‘Jt doesn’t bother me.’ “对不起，他对你太没礼貌。〜，“没 关系。” ◊ [VN that] Does it bot/ier you that she earns more than you?她比知挣的钱多，你善不是觉得不自在？

〇 [VN to inf] It bothers me to think of her alone in that big house.想到她孤零零地待在那所大房子里，我便坐立 不安。3 [VN] to interrupt sb; to talk to sb when they do not want to talk to you 打扰；搭话烦扰：Stop bothering me when J’m worfcing•我工作时别来烦我。◊ let me fcnow i；f he bothers you again.他要是#搅故你，就告诉 我。◊ Sorry to bot/ier you, but there’s a caH /or you on

很抱歉打扰你一下，二号线有你的电话。 ITTO1 be bothered (about sb/sth) (especially Br^) to think that sb/sth is important 认为（某人或某事）重 要；关心（某人或某事）：JTm not bot/iered about what he t/iinfcs.舍不茬孕也怎么想。◊ ‘Where shaH we eat?’ Tm not bothered..' (= I don^ mind where we go). “我们 去哪里吃饭？ ”“随便。” can’t be bothered (to do sth) used to say that you do not want to spend time and/or energy doing sth (表示不想花时间精力做某 事）：I should really do some work this weekend but kcm’t be bothered.我这个周末真该做点事了，可我懒得 做。◊ AH this has happened because you couZdn’t be bothered to give me the message.就是因为你嫌麻烦没通 知我，才出了 这事。not bother yourseA/your head with/about sth (especially BrŁ) to not spend time/effort on sth, because it is not important or you are not interested in it不为某事花费而间（或精力）；不操心 —more at hot adj.