muffed

英 [mʌft]

美 [mʌft]

v.  错过(机会); 做错
muff的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…弄糟;做…时出差错
  If youmuffsomething, you do it badly or you make a mistake while you are doing it, so that it is not successful.
  1. He muffed his opening speech.
     他的开幕讲话搞砸了。
  2. ...a muffed opportunity.
     错失的机会
• (防寒用的)毛皮短筒，手笼
  Amuffis a piece of fur or thick cloth shaped like a short hollow cylinder. You wear a muff on your hands to keep them warm in cold weather.
• muffs 同 earmuffs
  Muffsare the same asearmuffs.

双语例句

• Based on the potentiality that the creation of the internet provides gender equality, this paper reveals that in a society of patriarchy, this novelty still leaves the women discourse muffed.
  网络的出现为两性的平等提供了潜力，但在父权制的社会里，这一新事物仍使女性处于话语权被消音的状况中。
• Fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet.
  花哨的家鸽，蓝白色羽毛，脚毛厚密。
• Just three years ago, Netflix monumentally muffed up when it tried to split off DVD rentals from streaming and raise prices.
  就在三年前，Netflix犯了一个值得铭记的错：该公司试图从流媒体中剥离DVD出租业务，并开始涨价。
• I muffed a catch at cricket.
  打板球时我漏接了一个球。
• However, she muffed that too through no fault of her own.
  不过，她把那件事也弄糟了，虽说并非出于她自身的过错。
• It was a golden opportunity to impress them and I muffed it.
  那是个给他们留下印象的绝好机会，而我错过了。
• Towards midday, a girl heard a muffed cry coming from behind on of the walls.
  快到中午的时候，一个女售货员听见从一堵墙里传出一种闷声闷气的叫声。
• He muffed a good opportunity for a big contract.
  他把签订一项大合同的好机会错过了。
• He muffed his opening speech.
  他的开幕讲话搞砸了。
• The relaunch of its search engine under the new brand of Bing this month was slightly muffed by announcing the product before the site was entirely ready for the attention drawn by a$ 100m marketing blitz.
  以新品牌必应（Bing）重新推出的搜索引擎本月出现小小失误在网站完全准备好迎接1亿美元营销攻势引起的市场关注前，就发布了新产品。