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单词 mess something up
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messsomethingup

phrasal verbwithmessverb
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
to make somethingdirtyoruntidy:
Who'smessedup thebookshelf?
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  • Thewindhadmessedup myhair.
  • They had come along andmessedup herarrangement.
  • I've only justtidiedthisroomand you'vemessedit up already.
  • Who hasmessedup mysewingbox?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things dirty & untidy
  • blacken
  • blot
  • clutter
  • contaminate
  • defile
  • dirty
  • disarrange
  • mark
  • mess
  • mix
  • muddle
  • muddlesomethingup
  • muddy
  • muss
  • pollute
  • recontaminate
  • soil
  • sully
  • tarnish
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mess(something)up

phrasal verbwithmessverb
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
informal
B2
tospoilordamagesomething, or to do somethingwrongorbadly:
Imessedup mychancesofbecomingagreatsinger.
He says that hisdivorcehas reallymessedhislifeup.
You reallymessedup thistime.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to spoil something
  • spoilDon't spoil the movie by telling me what happens!
  • ruinI put too much salt in the sauce and ruined it.
  • defaceMany of the library books had been defaced.
  • disfigureHer face was disfigured by the scar.
  • sourOur friendship soured after the argument, and we just drifted apart.
  • poisonThe long dispute has poisoned relations between the two countries.
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More examples
  • Hemessedup hislifewithdrugs.
  • Thebusinesswas going really well until Petermessedit up.
  • Don'tmessupyourmarriagebyworkingeveryevening.
  • He hasmessedup hischanceof a goodeducation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failing and doing badly
  • abjectly
  • at-risk
  • backbencher
  • balls(something)up
  • be on your beam endsidiom
  • blow
  • bomb
  • collapse
  • fall to piecesidiom
  • fight a losing battleidiom
  • flog
  • flog a dead horseidiom
  • flop
  • founder
  • rot
  • running on emptyidiom
  • sclerotic
  • screw
  • smoke
  • the rot sets inidiom
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Damaging and spoiling

messsomeoneup

phrasal verbwithmessverb
uk
/mes/us
/mes/

(CAUSE PROBLEMS)

tocausesomeone tosufferemotionalandmentalproblems:
Drugs can reallymessyou up.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making people sad, shocked and upset
  • aback
  • amiss
  • appal
  • be laughing on the other side ofyourfaceidiom
  • bite
  • gnaw
  • haunt
  • heartbreaker
  • heartbreakingly
  • hit/touch a (raw) nerveidiom
  • mess
  • nerve
  • sensitivity
  • shakesomeoneout ofsomething
  • shakesomeoneup
  • shake/rocksomethingtoitsfoundationsidiom
  • shattering
  • shocker
  • tear
  • toxic
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis

(INJURE)

USslang
tohitsomeonerepeatedlyso that they arebadlyinjured
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hitting and beating
  • at-risk
  • bangsomeoneup
  • basher
  • bashing
  • battered
  • belabour
  • brain
  • bunch
  • butt
  • deck
  • head-butt
  • hell
  • kick
  • knock
  • knocksomeone'sblock offidiom
  • mess
  • swing
  • wallop
  • whop
  • whup
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mess-up
noun[Cusually singular]
mainlyUKinformal
uk
/ˈmes.ʌp/us
/ˈmes.ʌp/
something that has been donebadly:
He made arealmess-up of thesalesfigures.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Failures
  • another/the final nail in the coffinidiom
  • bloodbath
  • brain freeze
  • breakdown
  • busted flush
  • car crash
  • flop
  • foul(something)up
  • freefall
  • game overidiom
  • hash
  • lemon
  • lost cause
  • mess
  • nail
  • slim pickings
  • slush pile
  • track record
  • train wreck
  • turkey
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(Definition ofmess something upfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mess (something) up| American Dictionary

mess(something)up

phrasal verbwithmess

(MISTAKE)

to make amistakeor do somethingwrong:
I messed up – I'msorry.
I really messed up on the secondquestionon thetest.
We had achancetowinthegameand we messed it up.

messsomethingup

phrasal verbwithmess

(DAMAGE)

tobreak,damage, orspoilsomething:
I messed up myankleplayingsoccer.
There are always acoupleofkidswho come to apartyandtryto mess things up.
(Definition ofmess (something) upfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmess something up

mess something up
It is probably amess-upor a mistake.
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That is a completemess-upon the part of the management.
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There can have been no greatermess-upin our country's diplomatic relations in peacetime.
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It is a ramping, ragingmess-upof climates and nationalities and faiths and races.
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That is a typical example of a totalmess-up.
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He said that this would be regarded as a classical example of amess-up.
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We now have an outside commission, whoever they are, and all we read about is bungle and a completemess-up.
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That was a completemess-up.
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And where are we getting with thismess-upof a relationship between central and local government which up to the past few years has been a pretty good one?
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