英语短语 "screw up" 是一个多功能口语动词短语,核心含义围绕“破坏、扭曲或使混乱”,具体义项需结合语境判断。以下是最常见的用法及说明:
I screwed up the job interview—I forgot to bring my resume.(我搞砸了面试——忘带简历了。)
Don’t screw this up—it’s our last chance to win the contract.(别搞砸这个——这是我们赢合同的最后机会。)
The party screwed up because no one remembered to buy drinks.(派对搞砸了,因为没人记得买饮料。)(不及物)
That was a major screw-up!(那真是个大失误!)(screw-up作名词,指“搞砸的事/人”)
She read the bad news, then screwed up the letter and threw it in the bin.(她读完坏消息,把信揉成一团扔进垃圾桶。)
Stop screwing up your homework papers—they need to be neat!(别把作业纸揉皱——要整洁!)
He screwed up his eyes to see the tiny text on the label.(他皱起眼睛看标签上的小字。)
The baby screwed up her face when she tasted the bitter medicine.(宝宝尝到苦药时皱起了脸。)
The pressure of exams really screwed me up last month.(上个月考试压力快把我搞疯了。)
Growing up in an abusive home can screw a kid up for life.(在暴力家庭长大可能让孩子一辈子心理受创。)
I had to screw up my courage to ask my boss for a raise.(我得鼓起勇气向老板提加薪。)
She screwed up her courage and knocked on the stranger’s door.(她鼓起勇气敲了陌生人的门。)
Can you help me screw up this jar lid? It’s stuck.(能帮我拧紧这个罐盖吗?卡住了。)
Make sure to screw up the bolts tightly so the shelf doesn’t fall.(把螺栓拧紧,不然架子会掉。)
1、 口语性强:是日常对话中“搞砸”的首选表达,比“ruin”“mess up”更接地气。
2、 代词位置:接代词(it/them)时,必须放在短语中间(如screw it up,而非screw up it)。
3、 名词形式:screw-up 指“失误;蠢货”(如a total screw-up 彻底的蠢货)。
例子串联:I screwed up my courage to ask her out, but I screwed up the date by forgetting her name. She screwed up her face in confusion, and I wanted to screw up the invitation and run away.(我鼓起勇气约她,但约会时忘她名字搞砸了。她困惑地皱起脸,我真想把邀请函揉成一团逃跑。)
通过语境可以快速判断“screw up”的具体含义,多练多用就能掌握!