1 PHRASAL VERB-ERG 眯起(眼睛);扭曲(面部) 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. 眯起(眼睛);扭曲(面部)
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She had screwed up her eyes, as if she found the sunshine too bright. [VERB PREP. noun]
她眯起了眼睛，好像是觉得阳光太刺眼。
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Close your eyes and screw them up tight. [VERB noun PREP.]
合上眼睛，闭紧。
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His face screwed up in agony. [VERB PREP.]
他的脸痛苦地扭曲着。
2 PHRASAL VERB 把(纸)揉成一团 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(纸)揉成一团 [British]
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He would start writing to his family and would screw the letter up in frustration. [VERB noun PREP.]
他会提笔给家人写信，却常常懊恼沮丧地又把信纸揉成一团。
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He screwed up his first three efforts after only a line or two. [VERB PREP. noun]
前 3 次他只写了一两行就把纸揉成了一团。
in AM, use 美国英语用 crush
3 PHRASAL VERB 弄糟;搞乱;毁坏 To screw something up, or to screw up, means to cause something to fail or be spoiled. 弄糟;搞乱;毁坏 [informal]
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You can't open the window because it screws up the air conditioning. [VERB PREP. noun]
你不能打开窗户，那样空调就不起作用了。
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Get out. Haven't you screwed things up enough already!. [VERB noun PREP.]
滚出去。事情给你搞得还不够糟啊！
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Somebody had screwed up; they weren't there. [VERB PREP.]
有人把事情搞砸了;他们没在那里。
SYN bungle, botch, mess up, spoil
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