screw up

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscrew up phrasal verb1 informalDO BADLY to make a bad mistake or do something very stupid SYN mess up You’d better not screw up this time.2 screw something ↔ up informalSPOIL to spoil something by doing something stupid SYN mess something up She realized that she had screwed up her life.3 screw up your eyes/faceHBH to move the muscles in your face in a way that makes your eyes seem narrow He screwed up his eyes against the bright light. Her face was screwed up with pain.4 screw somebody ↔ up informalSAD/UNHAPPYCONFUSED to make someone feel very unhappy, confused, or upset so that they have emotional problems for a long time SYN mess somebody up It really screwed her up when her mother died. → screwed up5 screw up the/enough courage to do something (also screw up your courage to do something)BRAVE to be brave enough to do something you are very nervous about I finally screwed up enough courage to talk to her. → screw→ See Verb table

单词	screw up
释义	screw up From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishscrew up phrasal verb1 informalDO BADLY to make a bad mistake or do something very stupid SYN mess up You’d better not screw up this time.2 screw something ↔ up informalSPOIL to spoil something by doing something stupid SYN mess something up She realized that she had screwed up her life.3 screw up your eyes/faceHBH to move the muscles in your face in a way that makes your eyes seem narrow He screwed up his eyes against the bright light. Her face was screwed up with pain.4 screw somebody ↔ up informalSAD/UNHAPPYCONFUSED to make someone feel very unhappy, confused, or upset so that they have emotional problems for a long time SYN mess somebody up It really screwed her up when her mother died. → screwed up5 screw up the/enough courage to do something (also screw up your courage to do something)BRAVE to be brave enough to do something you are very nervous about I finally screwed up enough courage to talk to her. → screw→ See Verb table
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