screw up

1. PHRASAL VERB-ERG 眯起(眼睛);扭曲(面部)
   If you screw up your eyes or your face, you tighten your eye or face muscles, for example because you are in pain or because the light is too bright.
   1. She had screwed up her eyes, as if she found the sunshine too bright...
      她眯起了眼睛，好像是觉得阳光太刺眼。
   2. Close your eyes and screw them up tight...
      合上眼睛，闭紧。
   3. His face screwed up in agony.
      他的脸痛苦地扭曲着。
2. PHRASAL VERB 把(纸)揉成一团
   If you screw up a piece of paper, you squeeze it tightly so that it becomes very creased and no longer flat, usually when you are throwing it away.
   1. He would start writing to his family and would screw the letter up in frustration...
      他会提笔给家人写信，却常常懊恼沮丧地又把信纸揉成一团。
   2. He screwed up his first three efforts after only a line or two.
      前 3 次他只写了一两行就把纸揉成了一团。

in AM, use 美国英语用 crush


3. PHRASAL VERB 弄糟;搞乱;毁坏
   To screw something up, or to screw up, means to cause something to fail or be spoiled.
   1. You can't open the window because it screws up the air conditioning...
      你不能打开窗户，那样空调就不起作用了。
   2. Get out. Haven't you screwed things up enough already!...
      滚出去。事情给你搞得还不够糟啊！
   3. Somebody had screwed up; they weren't there.
      有人把事情搞砸了;他们没在那里。

1. She had screwed up her eyes, as if she found the sunshine too bright
   她眯起了眼睛，好像是觉得阳光太刺眼。
2. His face screwed up in agony.
   他的脸痛苦地扭曲着。
3. He would start writing to his family and would screw the letter up in frustration
   他会提笔给家人写信，却常常懊恼沮丧地又把信纸揉成一团。
4. He screwed up his first three efforts after only a line or two.
   前3次他只写了一两行就把纸揉成了一团。
5. You can't open the window because it screws up the air conditioning
   你不能打开窗户，那样空调就不起作用了。
6. Get out. Haven't you screwed things up enough already!
   滚出去。事情给你搞得还不够糟啊！
7. Somebody had screwed up; they weren't there.
   有人把事情搞砸了；他们没在那里。
8. I think I screw up the test yesterday.
   我想昨天的考试，我搞砸了。
9. Now, look here; you screw up your lips too harshly.
   好啦，现在看我这儿；你把嘴唇撮得太厉害了。
10. I hope I don't screw up this time.
    我希望这次不会搞砸了。
11. You know, even the very best web page designers, developers, and programmers screw up.
    你也知道，即使是最好的网页设计师，开发人员，和程序员都弄砸了。
12. You made me screw up again!
    你又让我再次搞砸了！
13. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
    当你做砸了，道歉，注意力放在别人身上，而不是自己。
14. Not unless you screw up again.
    除非你又发癫了。
15. And screw up the room location?
    并且把房间位置搞错了？
16. I know, but if I ever screw up again.
    我知道，但如果我再犯。
17. They always screw up the traffic on this street. You should have taken Bay Street.
    这些该死的观光客不会开车，他们老是搞乱这街上的交通，你刚刚应该走海湾街。
18. The scariest part about responsibility-when you screw up and let it slip right through your fingers.
    责任的最害怕的一部分是当你搞坏一件事而且和让它从你的手中溜走。
19. If you screw up, how much that will cost the company.
    如果你搞砸了，会给公司带来多少损失。
20. Be at work on time if you want to keep this job. Don't screw up anymore.
    如果你想继续有这份工作的话，不要再把事情搞砸了。
21. You have to screw up the handle, it has become loose.
    柄松动了，你得把螺丝拧紧。
22. When you screw up, I read about it.
    你把事搞糟了，我能看出来。
23. Now that you've convinced him to screw up all our plans, we'll take some photos.
    就是你说服他搞砸我们的计划，我们要拍照了。
24. The handle has become loose, so screw up it, please. He is a marathon runner.
    把手松了，请用螺丝拧紧。他是马拉松赛跑选手。
25. The handle has become loose, so screw up it, please.
    把手松了，请用螺丝拧紧。
26. Did you screw up the zipper?
    你把拉链弄坏了？
27. I can't be responsible for you every time you screw up!
    我不能你每次搞砸时都帮你收拾局面！
28. But I do know it can screw up your life.
    但是我知道这能够振奋你的生活。
29. I am afraid I was screw up more things.
    我怕我搞砸更多的事。
30. Get the load to the mortuary and don't screw up.
    把货送到停尸房，别搞砸了！

verb

1. twist into a strained configuration
   1. screw up one's face

2. make more intense
   1. Emotions were screwed up

   Synonym:    heat uphot up

3. screw or turn higher

4. 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 upmuffblowflubball upspoilmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up