mess around

英 [mes əˈraʊnd]

美 [mes əˈraʊnd]

消磨时间; 混日子; 乱弄; 瞎摆弄; 胡闹; 瞎闹; 恶劣地对待; 玩弄; 捉弄

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 mess about


• PHRASAL VERB 无所事事;混日子;闲荡
  If youmess aroundormess about, you spend time doing things without any particular purpose or without achieving anything.
  1. We were just messing around playing with paint...
     我们只是玩玩油彩，打发时间而已。
  2. Stop messing about and go and buy one...
     别再磨蹭了，快去买一个。
• PHRASAL VERB 乱弄;瞎摆弄
  If you say that someoneis messing around withormessing about withsomething, you mean that they are interfering with it in a harmful way.
  1. Boys and girls will enjoy messing about with any kind of machine.
     男孩和女孩会喜欢摆弄各种机械装置。
  2. I'd like to know who's been messing about with the pram.
     我想知道是谁在瞎摆弄这辆婴儿车。
• PHRASAL VERB 胡闹;瞎闹
  If someoneis messing aroundormessing about, they are behaving in a joking or silly way.
  1. I thought she was messing about.
     我认为她是在胡闹。
• PHRASAL VERB 恶劣地对待;玩弄
  If youmesssomeonearoundormessthemabout, you treat them badly, for example by not being honest with them, or by continually changing plans which affect them.
  1. Davison had pulled out of a move to his old club because they had 'messed him about'...
     戴维森已经打消了返回原来的俱乐部的念头，因为他们“糊弄他”。
  2. I think they've been messed around far too much.
     我认为他们被耍得太过头了。

英英释义

verb

• do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly
  1. The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house
  Synonym:putterpottertinkermonkeymonkey aroundmuck aboutmuck around

双语例句

• I use it here largely because it's a complete site that already exists that I can mess around with and not step on somebody else's copyright.
  我在这里使用它很大程度上是因为它是已经存在的完整站点，我可以随意改动，并且不会侵犯其他人的版权。
• Unfortunately, human psychology is such that hasty workers and true believers will always mess around with the problem of earthquake prediction that fascinates them.
  遗憾的是，由于心理学上的原因，草率的工作者和诚心实意的信徒总会搞乱使他们着迷的地震预测的问题。
• Similarly, if you need to update the look and feel of a certain page, you work with the views. You don't mess around with the controller.
  同样地，如果您需要更新特定页面的外观，可以使用视图，而不用与控制器打交道。
• It is a full featured simulator and a lot of fun to mess around with.
  这是一个功能齐全的模拟器和无穷的乐趣，以更动。
• He immediately wanted one," I just thought they were neat. I just wanted to mess around with one. "
  他立马就想要一台：“我只是觉得里面的东西太规整了，我想弄一台来搞搞乱。”
• Mess around, as in a liquid or paste.
  混合起来，在液体或浆糊。
• If I'm on tour I wake up around2pm and I mess around on the bus writing songs until we go to sound check and play our shows.
  如果在巡演中的话我下午2点左右起床，在巴士上写歌直到我们去排练。
• Come on, you guys, start doing some work; don't just mess around all day!
  得啦，你们这些家伙，开始干点事吧，别整天闲混了。
• Liked to mess around with pals on days off.
  我有很多网友，其中有许多每天都聊。
• Mess around was a positive step for us, ray.
  “胡搞瞎搞”我们走对了路，雷。