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mess (obj)mesv infmlIf you mess something, you make it untidy.弄乱(Am) Don't you dare mess my hair! [T]你可别冒险弄乱我的头发！Who's messed up the bookshelf? [M]谁把书架弄乱了？Next door's dog has messed (= left its excrement) on our steps again! [I]隔壁家的狗又在我们的楼梯上拉屎了。If you mess about/around, you do things without any particular purpose or plan.浪费时间，闲荡She spent the day with her friends just messing about.她花了一整天只是和她的朋友们闲荡。He spends his weekends messing around in his boat on the Thames.他乘着他的船在泰晤士河上闲荡，度过了他的周末。My brother likes messing about with computers.我兄弟喜欢摆弄计算机。(disapproving) To mess about/around is also to do something stupid or annoying.胡闹Stop messing about and listen to me!别胡闹了，听我说！Don't mess around with sharp knives!别玩弄那把锋利的刀！(esp. Am) If a man or woman who is married messes about/around with someone, they have a sexual relationship with someone who is not their wife or husband.（和异性）勾搭，调情She found out that her husband was messing around with his secretary.她发现她的丈夫和他的秘书关系暧昧。If you mess someone about/around, you treat them badly.漫不经心地对待，对…不体贴I'm tired of being messed around by my bank.我对于我的银行怠慢我感到讨厌。Don't mess me about!别这么不把我当一回事！If you mess up something, you spoil or damage it.扰乱，破坏I feel I've messed up my chances of becoming a great singer. [M]我感到我已把成为一个了不起的歌手的机会破坏了。You'll mess up your insides if you don't eat properly. [M]如果你乱吃东西，你会弄坏你的肚子。He says that his divorce has really messed his life up. [M]他说他的离婚的确毁了他的一生。If you mess up, you do something badly or make a mistake.把事情弄糟You've really messed up this time.这次你的确把事情弄糟了。(Am slang) To mess someone up is to hit someone so that they are badly injured.殴打(esp. Am) To mess with something is to use or treat it without enough care.玩弄，摆弄He was messing with his bike and then he couldn't fit the parts back together.他随意摆弄他的自行车，然后他就不能把零部件装在一起了。To mess with something dangerous is also to become involved with it.（和有危害的东西）发生关系You shouldn't mess with drugs.你不应该与毒品发生关系。If you mess with someone, you treat them badly.打扰，惹I've warned you already, don't mess with me!我已经警告过你，别来惹我！(Br) You say no messing as a way of emphasizing that you want something to be done.不是开玩笑I want you both in bed by 9 o'clock, no messing!我要你们俩九点上床睡觉，没开玩笑！
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