mess things up把事情搞砸;胡搞;搅扰
to mess sth up搞砸
mess you up把你弄糟
mess sb up使某人心情糟糕
mess sth up把……弄糟糕;翻译
mess-up girl石敢当
to mess things up误事
mess-up混乱;口语〕混乱
mess something up搞乱
PHRASAL VERB（动词词组） 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。
PHRASAL VERB（动词词组） 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。