Phrase
fouled up
verb
搞砸；弄糟
fouled up is the past of foul up.
To botch; to make a mess of.
- 1.
To botch; to make a mess of.
搞糟；弄乱。
搞糟；弄乱。；弄脏；污染
In use
I fouled up the recipe by adding too much salt.
The oil spill fouled up the entire coastline.
He fouled up his presentation by forgetting the main points.
foul sth up
动词和副词可分开，宾语放在中间。
He fouled the whole plan up.
他把整个计划搞糟了。
foul up (intransitive)
不及物用法，表示出错或把事情搞糟。
Don't foul up again!
别再搞砸了！
foul up sth
宾语放在短语后，不常用于代词宾语。
She fouled up the report with errors.
她把报告弄得错误百出。
Common mistakes
He fouled the entire project.He fouled up the entire project.
“foul”作动词通常指弄脏或体育犯规，要表达“搞糟”须用短语“foul up”。
It was a foul up in the system.It was a foul-up in the system.
作名词时应加连字符写成“foul-up”，动词短语“foul up”不用连字符。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- fouls up
- third person singular
- fouled up
- past, past participle
- fouling up
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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