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

We all mess up our lives.
我们都把自己的生活变得一团糟。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Her response: You didn't mess up.
她回答说：你没有搞糟。
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。
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！
Don't mess up your room so much.
不要把你的房间搞得乱七八糟。
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。