cock-ups

英 [kɒk ʌps]

美 [kɑːk ʌps]

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
cock-up的复数

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。

双语例句

• A recent Harvard Business Review blog argues that failure is so fantastic that organisations ought to hold a regular fail-fest at which employees wear a pink feather boa and celebrate their cock-ups.
  《哈佛商业评论》博客上最近的一篇文章建议，因为失败是如此美妙的一件事情，各类组织都应定期举行失败欢庆会，让员工戴上粉色羽毛围巾，庆祝过去的种种失败。
• When you dig deep into a CV, most reveal missteps and some outright cock-ups.
  如果你仔细检查一篇简历，就会发现大多数人都犯过错误有些完全是一团糟。