单词 | mess around |
释义 | mess aroundmess around (also mess about British English) phrasal verbphr v informal a) LAZYto spend time lazily, doing things slowly and in a way that is not planned 无所事事,漫无目的地度日 He spent his vacation messing around on the farm. 他在农场里东游西荡,无所事事地度过了假期。 b) BEHAVEto behave in a silly way when you should be paying attention or doing something sensible 胡闹,瞎闹 SYN fool around Stop messing around and get ready for school. 别再胡闹了,准备上学吧。 c) PROBLEM mess somebody around to cause a lot of problems for someone, especially by changing your mind often and not being completely honest 给某人造成麻烦〔尤指常改变自己的主意或不十分坦诚〕 Don’t mess me around – I want the money you promised me. 别糊弄我——把你答应给我的钱拿来。 Examples from the Corpus mess around• Stop messing around and pay attention!• Paul blew off his fingers messing around with homemade rockets. → mess around at mess2(PHRASAL VERB) |
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