screw-up

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you screw up your 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. (因痛苦、光太強等) 鎖起 (眼睛、臉)
She had screwed up her eyes, as if she found the sunshine too bright. 她已瞇起眼睛，似乎她發(fā)現(xiàn)陽光太強。
Close your eyes and screw them up tight. 郃上你的雙眼，把它們緊緊閉上。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you screw up a piece of paper, you squeeze it tightly so that it becomes very creased and no longer flat, usually when you are throwing it away. 把 (紙片) 揉成團
He would start writing to his family and would screw the letter up in frustration. 他一次次開始給家裡寫信，又一次次懊惱地把信揉成團。
3. PHRASAL VERB To screw something up, or to screw up, means to cause something to fail or be spoiled. 弄糟; 破壞[非正式]
You can't open the window because it screws up the air conditioning. 你不能開窗，因爲那樣會破壞空調(diào)。
Get out. Haven't you screwed things up enough already, you idiot!
出去。難道你把事情弄得還不夠糟嗎？你這個白癡！