cock-up

英 [ˈkɒk ʌp]

美 [ˈkɑːk ʌp]

n.  (打乱了原先所作安排的)差错; (因组织不当而造成的)混乱，一团糟

复数：cock-ups　

牛津词典

noun

• （打乱了原先所作安排的）差错；（因组织不当而造成的）混乱，一团糟
  a mistake that spoils people's arrangements; sth that has been spoilt because it was badly organized
  1. There's been a bit of a cock-up over the travel arrangements.
     旅行安排出了点儿岔子。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 一团糟
  If you make acock-upof something, you ruin it by doing something wrong.
  1. He was in danger of making a real cock-up of this...
     他很有可能会把这事弄得一团糟。
  2. This was just an administrative cock-up.
     这纯粹是管理上的混乱。

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