mess-up

柯林斯词典

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]
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。
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]
I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes. 我希望他们没有弄乱你的录像带。