1. screw up 弄糟， 搞砸

She had screwed up and had to do it all over again.

她把事情搞砸了，只得重新再做。

2. trip up 犯錯誤;出差錯

I tripped up in the interview and said something rather silly.

我在面試中不慎說了一些蠢話。

3. goof up 出大錯，把……搞亂

Don’t goof up.

別出岔子。

4. blow it 搞砸

Why did you blow it?

你怎么搞砸了?

5. mess up 一團糟

It made him squirm to think how he’d messed up the interview.

他想到面試時自己表現得那么差勁，心里真不是滋味兒。

6. play the devil with 把……搞亂

The delay on the track has played the very devil with the train timetable.

鐵路線上的這次誤點已嚴重打亂了列車的運行時刻。

7. ruin it 搞砸，弄壞

She poured water all over my painting and ruined it.

她把水倒在我整幅畫上，把畫全毀了。

8. foul up 搞砸

Our plans were fouled up by the bad weather.

我們的計劃被壞天氣破壞了。

9. make a hash of 弄糟

They’ve made a hash of their financial affairs.

他們把自己的財務搞得一團糟。

10. bomb 本意是轟炸，口語表示“把什么給東西搞砸了”

I bombed the test.

我考砸了。

11. go pear-shaped 沒把事情做好

It’s all gone pear-shaped.

事情全被搞砸了。

12. run into the ground 毀壞，破壞

During her brief time as chief executive Marjorie just about ran the company into the ground.

在短暫的首席執行官任期中，馬喬里幾乎把公司搞砸了。