mess about

• • 闲混：

    “What have you been doing today?”“Oh,nothing,just messing about

    。”“你今天干什么啦?”“哦，没啥，只是闲混而已。”

  • [口语]搞乱；弄糟：

    Who's been messing my papers about?

    谁在乱动我的文件?

    The bank has been messing my account about again.

    这家银行又把我的账搞乱了。

  • [口语]轻率地对待(某人)：

    I can't forgive him for messing me about.

    他随便就打发了我，我不能原谅他。

    He said the doctors have only messed him about in hospital;he felt worse when he came out than when he went in.

    他说住院时医生对他胡乱摆弄；他觉得出院时比入院时病还重了。