mess up

1. PHRASAL VERB 搞砸;弄糟
   If you mess something up or if you mess up, you cause something to fail or be spoiled.
   1. When politicians mess things up, it is the people who pay the price...
      政客们把事情搞砸的时候，埋单的是老百姓。
   2. He had messed up one career...
      他把一份工作弄砸了。
   3. If I messed up, I would probably be fired.
      要是我搞砸了，很可能会被炒鱿鱼。
2. PHRASAL VERB 弄脏;弄乱
   If you mess up a place or a thing, you make it untidy or dirty.
   1. I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes.
      我希望他们没把您的录像带弄乱。
3. PHRASAL VERB 干扰;搅乱;使不得安宁
   If something messes someone up, it causes them to be very confused or worried, or to have psychological problems.
   1. That really messed them up, especially the boys.
      那件事真把他们搅得天翻地覆，男孩子们尤受其害。

1. She used to mess up the floor and I had to clean up after her.
   她过去常常把地板弄得很脏乱，而我不得不为她清理干净。
2. When politicians mess things up, it is the people who pay the price
   政客们把事情搞砸的时候，埋单的是老百姓。
3. He had messed up one career
   他把一份工作弄砸了。
4. If I messed up, I would probably be fired.
   要是我搞砸了，很可能会被炒鱿鱼。
5. I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes.
   我希望他们没把您的录像带弄乱。
6. That really messed them up, especially the boys.
   那件事真把他们搅得天翻地覆，男孩子们尤受其害。
7. He got another chance and didn't want to mess up again.
   他又获一次机会，这次他再也不愿把事情弄糟了。
8. Don't mess up my clean floor.
   不要把我干净的地板弄脏了。
9. Will the folks you hire mess up sometimes?
   你聘请的那些人有时会把事情搞糟吗？
10. Don't let alcohol or drug mess up your brain.
    不要让酒精和毒品毁掉你的头脑。
11. Even if you mess up, you'll learn from your own mistakes.
    即使你搞砸了，你也会从自己的错误中学到东西。
12. The risk is that if you mess up, you do so very publicly.
    赞助奥运的风险在于：如果你办砸了，你就会在广大公众面前出洋相。
13. Her response: You didn't mess up.
    她回答说：你没有搞糟。
14. Don't mess up your room so much.
    不要把你的房间搞得乱七八糟。
15. I'm not going to let him mess up my life.
    我不会让他毁掉我的生活。
16. I know you want to clean this mess up quick.
    我知道你想快点了结这个案子。
17. We all mess up our lives.
    我们都把自己的生活变得一团糟。
18. Won't I mess up your hunting?
    我是不是会搅乱你的狩猎？
19. I can keep all my junk in the draw and it won't mess up the room.
    我会把我的所有垃圾放在我的抽屉里，不会搞脏我们的宿舍的。
20. If I mess up when I eat or even when I put on my clothes.
    如果我吃的脏兮兮，甚至已不会穿衣服。
21. Asshole! How did you mess up the carpet?
    混蛋！你怎么把地毯搞砸了？
22. If you cancel now you'll mess up all my arrangements.
    如果你现在取消，就会破坏我所有的安排。
23. How did they mess up a kid so bad?
    他们怎么搞出这样一个坏小孩？
24. Oh. brother! How could you mess up all the time?
    喔，兄弟，你怎？能始终都搞砸呢？
25. If you do mess up, admit it and move on.
    如果你真的把事情弄糟了，承认，然后继续。
26. Don` t make me mess up my nails.
    不要把我的指甲弄花了。
27. Don't mess up my hair: I've just combed it.
    别把我的头发弄乱，我刚梳好。
28. I pity the poor person who has to clean this mess up.
    我同情那个必须把这些乱七八糟的东西打扫干净的可怜人。
29. I really don't want to mess up what we have.
    我真不想弄糟我们现有的关系。
30. In other words, it's not the end of the world if you mess up!
    换言之，如果你搞糟，不是世界末日！

verb

1. make a mess of or create disorder in
   1. He messed up his room

   Synonym:    mess

2. disturb the smoothness of
   1. ruffle the surface of the water

   Synonym:    ruffleruffle uprumple

3. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   1. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
   2. the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

   Synonym:    botchbodgebumblefumblebotch upmuffblowflubscrew upball upspoilmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upfuck up