screw up

英 [ˈskruː ʌp]

美 [ˈskruː ʌp]

眯起（眼睛）; 扭曲（面部）; 把（纸）揉成一团; 弄糟; 搞乱; 毁坏

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 眯起(眼睛);扭曲(面部)
  If youscrew upyour eyes or your face, you tighten your eye or face muscles, for example because you are in pain or because the light is too bright.
  1. She had screwed up her eyes, as if she found the sunshine too bright...
     她眯起了眼睛，好像是觉得阳光太刺眼。
  2. Close your eyes and screw them up tight...
     合上眼睛，闭紧。
  3. His face screwed up in agony.
     他的脸痛苦地扭曲着。
• PHRASAL VERB 把(纸)揉成一团
  If youscrew upa piece of paper, you squeeze it tightly so that it becomes very creased and no longer flat, usually when you are throwing it away.
  1. He would start writing to his family and would screw the letter up in frustration...
     他会提笔给家人写信，却常常懊恼沮丧地又把信纸揉成一团。
  2. He screwed up his first three efforts after only a line or two.
     前 3 次他只写了一两行就把纸揉成了一团。

in AM, use 美国英语用 crush


• PHRASAL VERB 弄糟;搞乱;毁坏
  Toscrewsomethingup, or toscrew up, means to cause something to fail or be spoiled.
  1. You can't open the window because it screws up the air conditioning...
     你不能打开窗户，那样空调就不起作用了。
  2. Get out. Haven't you screwed things up enough already!...
     滚出去。事情给你搞得还不够糟啊！
  3. Somebody had screwed up; they weren't there.
     有人把事情搞砸了;他们没在那里。

英英释义

verb

• twist into a strained configuration
  1. screw up one's face
• make more intense
  1. Emotions were screwed up
  Synonym:heat uphot up
• screw or turn higher
• 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 upmuffblowflubball upspoilmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up

双语例句

• Be at work on time if you want to keep this job. Don't screw up anymore.
  如果你想继续有这份工作的话，不要再把事情搞砸了。
• Did you screw up the zipper?
  你把拉链弄坏了？
• Now that you've convinced him to screw up all our plans, we'll take some photos.
  就是你说服他搞砸我们的计划，我们要拍照了。
• I know, but if I ever screw up again.
  我知道，但如果我再犯。
• I think I screw up the test yesterday.
  我想昨天的考试，我搞砸了。
• If you screw up, how much that will cost the company.
  如果你搞砸了，会给公司带来多少损失。
• But I do know it can screw up your life.
  但是我知道这能够振奋你的生活。
• When you screw up, I read about it.
  你把事搞糟了，我能看出来。
• Get out. Haven't you screwed things up enough already!
  滚出去。事情给你搞得还不够糟啊！
• He would start writing to his family and would screw the letter up in frustration
  他会提笔给家人写信，却常常懊恼沮丧地又把信纸揉成一团。