英语词汇“foul up”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

词汇

foul up

释义

Idiom

foul up

Theme: DISORDER

to do (something) badly; to mess something up. (Informal.)

At the last minute, he fouled up and failed the course.Take your time. Plan your moves, and don't foul up.

Idiom

foul someone or something up

Theme: DISORDER

to cause disorder and confusion for someone or something; to tangle up someone or something; to mess someone or something up. (Informal.)

Go away! Don't foul me up any more.You’ve fouled up my whole day.Watch out! You're going to foul up my kite strings.Stay off the field. You're going to foul up the coach.

Slang

foul up

Theme: ERROR

in. to blunder; to mess up.

Please don't foul up this time.The quarterback fouled up in the first quarter, and that lost us the game.

n. a blunder; an error. (Usually foul-up.)

That was a fine foul-up! Is that your specialty?I can produce a serious foul-up with both hands tied behind me.

Idiom

foul upfoul up (something)

to spoil something by making a mistake or doing something stupid.

It takes the same amount of time to do things right as to foul them up.

to damage a machine or system.

Too much aspirin can really foul up your stomach.

Phr V

foul up

fouls, fouling, fouled

foul up sth or foul sth up

informal to cause something to stop working properly

The new program fouled up our computer system.

foul-up

noun informal

There was a foul-up which meant that she never received the message.

foul up (sth) or foul (sth) up

informal to do something badly, or to fail at something

Too often management fouls up and then blames others.He fouled up his resignation speech.

foul up

verb to botch, to ruin US, 1942

phrasefoul up1. foul up sth • foul sth up • foul up informal to do something badly or fail at something, especially by making careless mistakes: I really fouled up the final exam - there's no way I'll pass the class now. I don't know why you didn't get the letter. Someone in our office must have fouled up.■ SIMILAR TO: screw up spoken informal, mess up informalfoul-up informal n C when someone does something badly or fails at something, especially by making careless mistakes: Prescott pins the blame firmly on foul-ups made by the previous government.2. foul up sth • foul sth up informal to completely spoil something such as a plan, a situation, or a relationship: I hope I haven't fouled up all your plans. Marrying him was the stupidest thing she'd ever done. It fouled up her entire life.■ SIMILAR TO: mess up informal, ruin3. foul up sth • foul sth up informal to cause an engine, machine, or system to stop working properly: Bits of rust in the petrol can foul up the engine. They had problems with the new software, and this fouled up the whole computer system.foul-up informal n C when an engine, machine, or system stops working properly: delays caused by computer foul-ups

foul up

To mess up or ruin something. The threat of a hurricane really fouled up our vacation plans! Boy, you really fouled up this report, and I don't have time to fix it right now.

foul someone or something up

to cause disorder and confusion for someone or something; to tangle up someone or something; to mess someone or something up. Go away! Don't foul me up any more. You've fouled up my whole day. Watch out! You're going to foul up my kite strings.

foul up

to blunder; to mess up. Please don't foul up this time. The quarterback fouled up in the first quarter, and that lost us the game.

fouled up

messed up; ruined; tangled up. (Usually as fouled-up when attributive.) This is sure a fouled-up mess. You sure are fouled up, you know.

foul up

Blunder or cause to blunder; botch, ruin. For example, He's fouled up this report, but I think we can fix it, or Our plans were fouled up by the bad weather. This expression is widely believed to have originated as a euphemism for fuck up. [Colloquial; c. 1940]

foul up

1. To blunder because of mistakes or poor judgment: I've tried many times to pass this test, but this time I really fouled up.

2. To cause someone or something to blunder: The howling dogs distracted me and fouled up my concentration. The pain in my hand fouled me up and I couldn't aim my camera.

3. To clog or became entangled in something: The seaweed fouled up the propeller blades. The dangling cables fouled the machinery up, thereby causing the breakdown.

foul up

1. in. to blunder; to mess up. The quarterback fouled up in the first quarter, and that lost us the game.

2. n. a blunder; an error. (Usually foul-up.) That was a fine foul-up! Is that your specialty?

fouled up

mod. messed up; ruined; tangled up. You sure are fouled up, you know.

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