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、open up
(使)(地方、經(jīng)濟、興趣領域等)開放
As the market opens up, I think people are going to be able to spend more money on consumer goods.
隨著市場的放開,我認為人們將能夠增加用于消費品的支出。
He said he wanted to see how Albania was opening up to the world.
他說他想看看阿爾巴尼亞是如何對外開放的。
(使)(機會、可能性等)出現(xiàn);(使)產(chǎn)生
It was also felt that the collapse of the system opened up new possibilities.
人們也認為這一制度的崩潰帶來了各種新的可能性。
New opportunities are opening up for investors who want a more direct stake in overseas companies.
希望更加直接地參股海外公司的投資者獲得了新的機會。
開…的門
Three armed men were waiting when the postmaster and his wife arrived to open up the shop.
當郵政局長和妻子到郵局開門營業(yè)時,3名持械男子正等著他們。
Open up, or I break in!
把門打開,不然我要砸門了!