mess up
把...搞砸；弄乱；弄脏
I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes.
我希望他们没有弄乱你的录像带。
I'm so sorry. I messed up the whole thing.
很抱歉，我把整件事情搞砸了。
A: How was school today?
今天上学怎么样？
B: I hate school.
我讨厌学校。
A: Why? What happened?
为什么？发生了什么？
B: I messed up my mid-term exam so badly today.
今天我的期中考试考砸了。
A: It's just one exam. Can you re-take the exam?
那不过是一次期中考试。你能补考吗？
B: Yes, but it 's so humiliating. I don't want my friends to know I failed.
可以。可是实在太丢人了。我不想让我的同学们知道我考试不及格。
A: Why didn't you do a good job?
你为什么没有考好？
B: I don't know, I sat down in my seat, looked at my paper, and then my mind just went totally black.
我不清楚。我坐在座位上，盯着卷子看，大脑一片空白。
A: Do you think you studied enough for the exam?
你觉得你考试准备的充分吗？
B: No.
不充分。
A: What did you do last night?
你昨晚做了什么？
B: I watched TV.
我看了电视。
A: Did you study the whole night for your exam?
那你为了复习熬通宵了吗？
B: No, not really.
没有，没那么做。
A: I'm sure if you had studied, you would have done well. When can you re-take your exam?
我敢肯定如果你学习了，你本可以考的很好。什么时候补考？
B: Tomorrow.
明天。
A: All right. Get out your books and I'll help you prepare.
好的。拿出你的书，我帮你复习。
