mess up:搞乱
例如：When politicians mess things up, it is the people who pay the price...
政客们把事情搞砸的时候，埋单的是老百姓。
He had messed up one career...
他把一份工作弄砸了。

剧情百科常识:

就这样，伊恩抱着日记本睡着了，醒来时，突然听到身后有人对他说话，他吓了一跳，居然是莎曼塔！难道是做梦吗？但梦境又那么的真实，伊恩满怀喜悦地、半信半疑地与莎曼塔重复着梦境的事，并努力避免这一切的发生，结果，虽然伊恩很努力，但一件件梦里的事还是逐渐出现在现实生活中，虽然有些顺序不同。唯一完全不同的是伊恩的会议很成功，投资拉到了，实际上莎曼塔还是出现在了会议室的门口，只是刚好看到伊恩手里拿了本一模一样的文件夹，于是就悄悄地走了而已。

考考你：
抢占座位是不礼貌的。
要是我搞砸了，很可能会被炒鱿鱼。

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上一期的答案
The manager had found him out and was going to sack him.
Never inflict useless pain on dumb animals.
I intend to amortize the total cost of the car over three years.
I was amazed at their unbridled glee.