英国气象部门四月时预报今年夏天是“BBQ summer”，实际上却阴雨连绵。尽管预报失误，气象部门的员工还是得到了人均650英镑的“预报准确”奖金，媒体讽刺说这是“下雨”奖金。（From The Sunday Times, August 9, 2009: It’s raining bonuses at the Met Office）
More than 1,700 staff are getting a “forecast accuracy” bonus of about £650 each — after a series of bungled predictions. bungled prediction和forecast accuracy意思相反。
bungle: to do sth badly or without skill; to fail at sth. 同义词：botch
*They bungled the job.
*a bungled robbery / raid / attempt
Saturday 8 August 2009
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