"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
"the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
"ruffle the surface of the water"
"He messed up his room"
1.搞砸;弄糟
If youmess somethingup or if youmess up, you cause something to fail or be spoiled.
e.g. When politiciansmess thingsup, 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。
e.g. He had messedup one career...
他把一份工作弄砸了。
2.弄脏;弄乱
If youmess up a place or a thing, you make it untidy or dirty.
e.g. I hope they haven't messedup your video tapes.
我希望他们没把您的录像带弄乱。
3.干扰;搅乱;使不得安宁
If somethingmesses someoneup, it causes them to be very confused or worried, or to have psychological problems.
e.g. That really messed themup, especially the boys.
那件事真把他们搅得天翻地覆,男孩子们尤受其害。
他又获得一次机会,这次他再也不愿意把事情弄糟了.
He didn want to mess up the situation.他不想把事情弄糟.
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。
Don mess up your room so much.不要把你的房间搞得乱七八糟.
Why do you keep sending your boys to mess up my dinner dates?你为什么要派人来捣乱我的晚餐约会 呢 ?
If you do mess up, admit it and move on.如果你真的把事情弄糟了, 承认之,然后继续.
Make peace with your past, so it won mess up the present.以平静的心情面对过去, 就不会搅乱当前的事物.
On rainy days the children really mess up the house.下雨天孩子们把屋子里弄得乱七八糟的.
It is too big a question to mess up.这是个不容出错的大问题.
You can use the cloth over there to clean that mess up.你可以用那边的抹布清理那些脏东西.
Mother warned us not to mess up the clean floor.母亲警告我们不要把干净的地板弄脏了.
Oh. Brother! How could you mess up all the time?喔, 兄弟,你怎? 能始终都搞砸 呢 ?
Mother warned us not to mess up the room.母亲警告我们不要把房间弄得乱七八糟.
They told us not to mess up the room.他们告诉我们不要把房间弄脏.
This will mess up your system.这样会搞乱你的系统.