mess up

英 [mes ʌp]

美 [mes ʌp]

搞砸; 弄糟; 弄脏; 弄乱; 干扰; 搅乱; 使不得安宁

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 搞砸;弄糟
If youmesssomethingupor if youmess 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。
PHRASAL VERB 弄脏;弄乱
If youmess upa 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。
PHRASAL VERB 干扰;搅乱;使不得安宁
If somethingmessessomeoneup, 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。

verb

make a mess of or create disorder in
1. He messed up his room
Synonym:mess
disturb the smoothness of
1. ruffle the surface of the water
Synonym:ruffleruffle uprumple
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

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。
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。
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。
Won't I mess up your hunting?
我是不是会搅乱你的狩猎？
How did they mess up a kid so bad?
他们怎么搞出这样一个坏小孩？
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。
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。
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。
Her response: You didn't mess up.
她回答说：你没有搞糟。
I know you want to clean this mess up quick.
我知道你想快点了结这个案子。