mess about

英 [mes əˈbaʊt]

美 [mes əˈbaʊt]

v.  胡闹；弄乱

英英释义

verb

• be about
  1. The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
  2. Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
  Synonym:loiterloungefootlelollygagloaflallygaghang aroundtarrylingerlurkmill aboutmill around

双语例句

• It may seem merely technical, but the mess says much about the problems of being a global financial centre, where foreign teams come to play and the home referee deals with the damage.
  这看起来似乎纯粹是技术活，但这狼藉的局面暴露出这家全球金融中心的许多问题，就好像国外的球队来乱踢了一通，结果把烂摊子留给本国的裁判去处理。
• Don't mess about with sharp knives.
  不要摆弄锋利的刀子。
• "If you mess about with my computer again, you'll be for the high jump."
  “如果你再来乱动我的计算机，我就要治治你。”
• Like a kid on the playground, you want your own sandbox to play in, where you can make a mess and not worry about picking up.
  就像玩耍的小孩子一样，您希望拥有一个属于自己的沙盒，在那里您可以随意做任何事情。
• With U.S.housing still in a mess, the central bank will be far more worried about the impact of rising Treasury yields on the mortgage market.
  由于美国房地产仍处于混乱之中，央行将更加担心国债收益率上升给抵押贷款市场带来的影响。
• Don't mess me about. I'm doing you a favor.
  少来这套，我在帮你！
• Give him an old clock to pull to pieces, and he'll mess about with it for hours.
  给面旧钟让他拆去，他会摆弄好几个小时。
• Don't mess me about, I want the money you promised me.
  别欺负我，我要你答应给我的钱。
• 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。
• When I entered the classroom, it was in a great mess. I didn't have any clue about what was going on.
  我进来的时候教室里乱糟糟的，发生了什么事我是一无所知。