Dictionary entry
bollocks up
verb
搞砸,破坏
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- 1.
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
In use
I really bollocksed up the presentation by forgetting the key data.
You're bollocksing up the entire project with your careless mistakes.
If you don't follow the instructions, you'll bollocks up the whole experiment.
bollocks up [sth]
常用于非正式场合。
He bollocksed up the whole project.
他搞砸了整个项目。
bollocks [sth] up
可分离结构,宾语放在短语中间。
She bollocksed the presentation up.
她把演示搞砸了。
Verb forms
base bollocks up · third person bollockses up · -ing bollocksing up · past bollocksed up · past participle bollocksed up
弄糟,搞砸
Common mistakes
He bollocksed the project.He bollocksed up the project.
bollocks up 是固定短语动词,意为“搞砸”,必须包含小品词 “up”,不能省略。
He bollocksed up it.He bollocksed it up.
当宾语是代词时,必须放在短语动词的小品词之前,即 “bollocks it up”,因为 “bollocks up” 是可分短语动词。
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