A bodge is a clumsy job: a repair or a piece of work that is not as good as it should be, often because someone rushed or used the wrong stuff. British people say it a lot.

A bodge is a clumsy jobbodge是個笨拙的活兒：a repair or a piece of work that is not as good as it should be一個沒做到該有水準的修理或工作，often because someone rushed or used the wrong stuff常常是因為有人趕工或用錯了材料。British people say it a lot英國人很常這樣說。

'That's a bit of a bodge' means it sort of works, but you can see the mess. You can also bodge something, as a verb: you patch it up in a hurry.

'That's a bit of a bodge' means it sort of works'That's a bit of a bodge'表示它大致堪用，but you can see the mess但看得出來很亂。You can also bodge something, as a verb你也可以把bodge當動詞用：you patch it up in a hurry表示你匆忙把它拼湊修好。

It is informal, a little blunt, and very British; American speakers are more likely to say botch. It is not a high swear word, but you would not put it in a school essay unless you were quoting.

It is informal, a little blunt, and very British它是非正式、有點直白、非常英式的用字；American speakers are more likely to say botch美國人比較會說botch。It is not a high swear word它不是很重的髒話，but you would not put it in a school essay unless you were quoting但除非是引用，不然你不會把它寫進學校作文裡。

Though actually, a bodge is not always a total failure — sometimes it is the wonky fix that still holds until you can do it properly.

Though actually不過事實上，a bodge is not always a total failurebodge不見得完全是失敗的東西——sometimes it is the wonky fix that still holds until you can do it properly有時候它是那個歪歪的修法，卻撐到你能好好處理為止。