浪费时间做不重要或傻乎乎的事。
"We spent the whole morning just messing around instead of packing for the trip."
"Stop messing around and get serious about your future."
— Common parental/coaching expression widely attested in American informal speech.
浪费时间、以玩闹或不专心的方式行事,或不尊重地对待别人。
瞎玩、不做重要的事,或用不诚实、不公平的方式对待别人。
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浪费时间做不重要或傻乎乎的事。
"We spent the whole morning just messing around instead of packing for the trip."
"Stop messing around and get serious about your future."
— Common parental/coaching expression widely attested in American informal speech.
用不诚实或不体谅的方式对待某人。
"Don't mess me around — just tell me if you want the job or not."
随便试弄或摆弄某物。
"She likes messing around with code on weekends just to see what she can build."
对伴侣不忠,或进行随便的性活动。
"She found out he had been messing around and ended the relationship."
字面上是把周围弄乱;习惯上引申为浪费时间或不尊重别人。
瞎玩、不做重要的事,或用不诚实、不公平的方式对待别人。
这是美式英语中更常见的形式。mess someone around 表示不体谅地对待某人。在某些语境里也可表示对感情不忠(如 he was messing around)。各年龄层都很常用。
母语者最常搭配使用的单词。
最常用的五种时态形式。
来自 YouTube 真实视频中 "mess around" 的用法片段 — 点击可在 Looplines 上观看。
可互换使用的词组 — 点击已链接的可进一步了解。
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