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

• The handle has become loose, so screw up it, please.
  把手松了，请用螺丝拧紧。
• You know, even the very best web page designers, developers, and programmers screw up.
  你也知道，即使是最好的网页设计师，开发人员，和程序员都弄砸了。
• Now, look here; you screw up your lips too harshly.
  好啦，现在看我这儿；你把嘴唇撮得太厉害了。
• 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。
• 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？
• Not unless you screw up again.
  除非你又发癫了。
• 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。
• I think I screw up the test yesterday.
  我想昨天的考试，我搞砸了。
• The handle has become loose, so screw up it, please. He is a marathon runner.
  把手松了，请用螺丝拧紧。他是马拉松赛跑选手。