| 词组 | screw up |
| 释义 | screw up 1. screw sb up spoken informal if a bad experience screws you up, it makes you feel unhappy, anxious, and confused for a long period of time: ▪ It really screwed her up when her mother died. ▪ I used to do a lot of drugs, and they really screwed me up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mess up informal, ↑fuck up taboo screwed-up adj ▪ a screwed-up rich kid who got himself expelled from boarding school ▪ The guy's really screwed-up. He had a terrible time when he was a kid. 2. screw up • screw up sth • screw sth up spoken informal to make a mistake or to spoil something: ▪ Somebody screwed up, and it got delivered to the wrong house. ▪ You've really screwed up this time. The boss is furious. ▪ How can anyone support a government that's screwing up the economy, as this one is? ▪ Why did you let Slater handle the deal? I knew he's screw things up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mess up informal, ↑foul up informal screw-up n C a mistake that spoils arrangements: ▪ There'd been a screw-up in plane reservations. 3. screw up your eyes/face, screw your eyes/face up to make your eyes narrower or the muscles in your face tighter: ▪ Miss Jarman screwed up her face in disgust. "I can't abide that man....there's something devious about him." ▪ He rested his arms on the railing and looked out over Central Park, his eyes screwed up against the sun. 4. screw up sth • screw sth up BrE if you screw up a piece of paper, you twist and crush it with your hands making it into a small round shape: ▪ Vida screwed up the letter and threw it into the trash. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑crumple up |
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