They bungled the job.他们把活儿搞糟了。John bungled the job.约翰把事情搞糟了.Two prisoners bungled an escape bid after running either side of a lamp-post while handcuffed.两名被手铐铐在一起的囚犯试图逃跑时分别往电灯杆两边跑,结果没逃掉。...
他声称自己是这起事件的替罪羊。He claims he was made the fall guy for the affair.她觉得,本是老板无能,但她却成了替罪羊。She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence.他成了公司倒闭的替罪羊.He has been made a scapegoat for the company's...
Some speakers argued that boxing was less dangerous than rugby.一些发言者认为拳击的危险性比橄榄球运动小。He will never again be allowed inside a British boxing ring.他被永久禁止踏入英国拳击赛场。Boxing is a test of skill and technique, rather than brute st...
Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks.很多工人手头的遣散费仅够维持10个星期左右。That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides .那迫使农民们努力在陡峭的山坡上勉强维持生计。They eke out a bare existence ( ...