1、mess up

搞砸;弄糟

When politicians mess things up, it is the people who pay the price.

政客們把事情搞砸的時候，埋單的是老百姓。

He had messed up one career.

他把一份工作弄砸了。

弄臟;弄亂

I hope they haven't messed up your video tapes.

我希望他們沒把您的錄像帶弄亂。

干擾;攪亂;使不得安寧

That really messed them up, especially the boys.

那件事真把他們攪得天翻地覆，男孩子們尤受其害。

2、stick out

伸出;探出

She made a face and stuck out her tongue at him.

她做了個鬼臉，向他吐了吐舌頭。

He stuck his hand out and he said, 'Good evening.'

他伸出手說：“晚上好。”

顯眼;顯得突出

The things that stuck out were his cockiness and his four-letter words.

與眾不同之處在于他的驕傲自大和滿嘴臟話。

What had Cutter done to make him stick out from the crowd?

卡特做了些什么，讓他從眾人之中脫穎而出？

(在逆境中)堅持到底，忍耐到底

I really didn't like New York, but I wanted to stick it out a little bit longer.

我真的不喜歡紐約，但我想再堅持一段時間。