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。

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。

Having muffed it on this issue once , romney is sure to come better prepared , and now he has the phrase " not optimal " to throw back in the president 's face .

对于曾经在这个问题上有过失误的罗姆尼来说，他肯定已经做了很好的准备，而且现在他还有“不是太理想”这句短语来回击总统。

The palestinians have hardly been faultless . Mahmoud abbas , their leader , has often dithered . He muffed a half-chance for a deal with mr netanyahu 's predecessor , ehud olmert , three years ago .

巴勒斯坦人并不总是没有缺点的，巴勒斯坦领导人阿巴斯犹豫不决，三年前他错过了与内坦尼亚胡的前任奥尔默特达成协议的机会。