in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 mess about
1 PHRASAL VERB 无所事事;混日子;闲荡 If you
mess around or
mess about, you spend time doing things without any particular purpose or without achieving anything.
无所事事;混日子;闲荡 2 PHRASAL VERB 乱弄;瞎摆弄 If you say that someone
is messing around with or
messing about with something, you mean that they are interfering with it in a harmful way.
乱弄;瞎摆弄 3 PHRASAL VERB 胡闹;瞎闹 If someone
is messing around or
messing about, they are behaving in a joking or silly way.
胡闹;瞎闹 4 PHRASAL VERB 恶劣地对待;玩弄 If you
mess someone
around or
mess them
about, you treat them badly, for example by not being honest with them, or by continually changing plans which affect them.
恶劣地对待;玩弄 [mainly British] -
Davison had pulled out of a move to his old club because they had 'messed him about'. [VERB noun PREP.]
戴维森已经打消了返回原来的俱乐部的念头,因为他们“糊弄他”。
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I think they've been messed around far too much. [VERB noun PREP.]
我认为他们被耍得太过头了。