mess up ( messing, messed, messes )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you mess something up or if you mess up, you cause something to fail or be spoiled. 把…搞糟; 把…弄乱 [非正式]

  例：

  When politicians mess things up, it is the people who pay the price.

  政客们把事情搞砸时，承受损失的是老百姓。

  例：

  He had messed up one career.

  他已经把一份工作搞砸了。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you mess up a place or a thing, you make it dirty or not neat. 弄脏; 弄乱 [非正式]

  例：

  I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes.

  我希望他们没有弄乱你的录像带。