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| - | no messing spoken
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| used for saying that someone does something in a determined way without wasting time |
| 毫不迟疑 |
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| He just walked into the boss’ s office and said he was leaving. No messing! 他直接走进老板的办公室说他要离职。毫不犹豫！ |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌmess aˈbout or ˌmess aˈround |
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| 1 | I to behave in a silly way 胡闹；瞎闹 | Stop messing about – I’ m serious about this! 别胡闹了，这事我是当真的！ | |
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| 2 | I to spend time doing things in a relaxed way 轻松地消磨时光 | We spent the weekend messing about on John’ s boat. 我们在约翰的船上悠闲地度过了周末的时光。 | |
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| 3 | T mess sb aboutaround: BRITISH to treat someone badly , especially by changing your mind or not doing what you promised 玩弄（某人）（尤指改变主意或不做承诺之事） |
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| 4 | I to waste time doing things that are not important 浪费时光；瞎混 | There’ s no point messing about. Let’ s start now. 瞎混是没有意义的。现在让我们开始吧。 | | not mess about They don’ t mess about, do they? I ordered the book yesterday and it’ s already come. 他们没有磨蹭，不是吗？我昨天订购的那本书，现在已经到了。 | |
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| 5 | I to try to change , repair , or play with something , especially when this is unnecessary or unsuccessful 瞎动；摆弄；把玩 | +with He’ ll spend hours messing about with that motorbike. 他会花上几个小时摆弄那辆摩托车。 | |
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| 6 | I to have sex or a sexual relationship with someone , especially when you should not 发生性关系；勾搭 | +with Diane’ s been messing around with a married man. 黛安娜一直和一个已婚男人关系暧昧。 | |
| - | ˌmess ˈup |
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| 1 | I/T to make a mistake or do something badly （把…）搞砸；（把…）弄糟 | She says she completely messed up the interview. 她说她把面试全搞砸了。 | | You messed up. Don’ t let it happen again. 你把事情弄糟了。这样的事不能再有第2次。 | |
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| 2 | T to make something dirty or untidy 弄脏；弄乱 | They had managed to mess up the whole office. 他们竟然把整个办公室搞得乱糟糟的。 | | The wind had messed his hair up. 风把他的头发吹乱了。 | |
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| 3 | T informal to be the cause of someone’ s physical , emotional , or mental problems 毁掉；扰乱 | Drugs really messed her up. 毒品的确把她给毁了。 | | The virus messed up my body so badly that they told me I was going to die. 病毒在我体内肆虐，他们告诉我说我就要死了。 | |
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| 4 | T to damage or spoil something 损坏；毁坏 | I’ m not going to let him mess up my life. 我不会让他毁掉我的生活。 | |
| - | ˈmess with or ˌmess aˈround with |
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| 1 | mess with sb: to make someone angry or argue with them 使生气；使争吵 | I wouldn’ t mess with her if I were you. 如果我是你我不会去惹她。 | |
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| 2 | mess with sth: to become involved with something that is dangerous 沾染（有害之物） | A lot of the kids had been messing around with drugs. 许多小孩沾染上了毒品。 | |
| | - | mess with sb’ s head mainly AMERICAN very informal
| | to seriously upset someone or make them confused | | 使某人心烦意乱；使某人困惑不解 | | | | | |
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