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

I really don't want to mess up what we have.
我真不想弄糟我们现有的关系。
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。
I'm not going to let him mess up my life.
我不会让他毁掉我的生活。
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。
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。
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。
Don` t make me mess up my nails.
不要把我的指甲弄花了。
Don't mess up my clean floor.
不要把我干净的地板弄脏了。
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。
Will the folks you hire mess up sometimes?
你聘请的那些人有时会把事情搞糟吗？