screw up

拧紧；强迫；加强；弄糟；搞砸

verb

1. twist into a strained configuration

e.g. screw up one's face

2. make more intense

e.g. Emotions were screwed up

Synonym: heat uphot up

3. screw or turn higher

4. make a mess of, destroy or ruin

e.g. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Synonym: botchbodgebumblefumblebotch upmuffblowflubball upspoilmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblemishandlelouse upfoul upmess upfuck up

1. 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.

e.g. She had screwed up her eyes, as if she found the sunshine too bright...
她眯起了眼睛，好像是觉得阳光太刺眼。
e.g. Close your eyes and screw them up tight...
合上眼睛，闭紧。

2. 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.

e.g. He would start writing to his family and would screw the letter up in frustration...
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。
e.g. He screwed up his first three efforts after only a line or two.
前 3 次他只写了一两行就把纸揉成了一团。

3. 弄糟;搞乱;毁坏
To screw something up, or to screw up, means to cause something to fail or be spoiled.

e.g. You can't open the window because it screws up the air conditioning...
你不能打开窗户，那样空调就不起作用了。
e.g. Get out. Haven't you screwed things up enough already!...
滚出去。事情给你搞得还不够糟啊！

Her boyfriend can always screw up her life easily.(她男朋友总是能轻松的把她的生活搅乱。)

He had also made mistakes in his career, and recognized that (no matter how hard he might try), he was bound to screw up again.(在他的人生中也犯过错误，宗介也意识到(不论花了多大的气力去避免)，他总会再次犯错。)

It's hard to do and easy to screw up.(它是做起来很难，而放弃很容易。)

You know, even the very best web page designers, developers, and programmers screw up.(你也知道，即使是最好的网页设计师，开发人员，和程序员都弄砸了。)

My nephew and classmate Satya managed to screw up courage enough to volunteer to mention this to my father.(我的侄子兼同学，萨提亚，鼓起勇气，自告奋勇地去跟我父亲提这事。)

When you screw up he's not going to ask you how you feel about it.(当你把事情搞砸的时候，他不会问你的感受如何。)

When they screw up, they admit it.(当他们搞砸了，就会承认。)

This is an easy one to screw up.(这是一个很容易弄糟的错误。)

The truth is that most people mean well, even if they screw up every now and then.(事实上，许多人都是好意，即便他们是不是地把事情办砸。)

That cute girl (or boy) won’t eat you if you screw up this date.(那个可爱的女孩（男孩）又不会吃了你如果你搞砸了这次约会。)