| 单词 |
screw-up |
| 释义 |
ˈscrew-up colloq. (orig. U.S.). Also screwup. [f. vbl. phr. to screw up: see screw v. 12 c.] A blunder, muddle, or mess; a state or situation of confusion or mental disturbance.
1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 453 Screw-up,..a chronic blunder. 1967G. Legman Fake Revolt 23 The inability to feel, and the fear of touch, especially in sex... This is the key to the whole sexual screw-up of our time. 1971Laver & Collins Education of Tennis Player v. 84 Bad courts were just one more factor in a general screw-up. 1975New Yorker 19 May 24/2 Stewart Stern..tries to equate the American woman's supposed incapacity for love with the whole American screwup of recent years. 1977C. McFadden Serial iv. 14/1 Everybody knew..that the rational mind was a screw-up. |

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