Messing Things or Causing Problems

搞砸, 制造混乱

He balled up the presentation by forgetting important details.

他因为忘记重要细节而搞砸了演示。

搞砸, 弄糟

He botched up the important presentation with numerous errors.

他因众多错误搞砸了重要的演讲。

弄乱, 使杂乱无章

She tends to clutter her desk up with stacks of papers and random objects.

她倾向于用一堆文件和随机物品弄乱她的桌子。

搞砸, 弄糟

They totally cocked up the project by failing to coordinate the tasks properly.

他们因为没有正确协调任务而完全搞砸了这个项目。

弄乱, 混淆

Please don't jumble the documents up; we need them in order.

请不要弄乱文件；我们需要它们按顺序排列。

搞砸, 犯错

If you don't pay attention, you might mess up the experiment.

如果你不注意，你可能会搞砸实验。

混淆, 弄乱

She often mixes up the order of the steps when following a recipe.

她按照食谱操作时经常弄乱步骤的顺序。

搞砸, 弄糟

The chef was disappointed when he realized he had mucked up the recipe, resulting in a disastrous dish.

厨师意识到自己搞砸了食谱，导致了一道灾难性的菜肴时，感到非常失望。

混淆, 弄混

I always muddle up their names.

我总是把他们的名字搞混。

犯错, 失误

He didn't mean to insult her, but he slipped up and said something unintentionally hurtful.

他并不是有意侮辱她，但是失言了，说了一些无意中伤人的话。

绊倒, 使跌倒

The loose carpet in the hallway has tripped up several people recently.

走廊里松动的地毯最近绊倒了几个人。