今日から勉強を再開しますが、しばらくは旅行前に読んだ英語からの表現です。
"muck up" は以前どこかで見た覚えがありますが、Reader's Digest 12月号の二つの記事で次ぎの様に使われていました。
・Studies show that too much sugar (both in the form of natural sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup) not only helps make us fat, it also wreaks havoc on our liver, mucks up our metabolism, impairs brain function, and may leave us susceptible to heart disease, diabetes, and maybe even cancer.（Your body on sugarの記事から）
・Your company's IT departmen can be your best friend. Don't muck it up with silly requests like these actual help-desk calls: "How do I remove a sesame seed from the keyboard?"（All in a day's workの記事から） その他にも例がありましたが、余りに馬鹿馬鹿しいので省略。
この "muck up" の説明は辞書には 次ぎのように出ています。
・Collins Dictionary:
1.tr (British & Australian) to ruin or spoil; make a mess of
2.intr (Australian) to misbehave
・Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary: to make a mess of: bungle, spoil: I swear, she mucks up everything she tries
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a mistake that completely spoils something: They made a muck-up of our order - it won't be ready till next week now.
"muck up" は以前どこかで見た覚えがありますが、Reader's Digest 12月号の二つの記事で次ぎの様に使われていました。
・Studies show that too much sugar (both in the form of natural sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup) not only helps make us fat, it also wreaks havoc on our liver, mucks up our metabolism, impairs brain function, and may leave us susceptible to heart disease, diabetes, and maybe even cancer.（Your body on sugarの記事から）
・Your company's IT departmen can be your best friend. Don't muck it up with silly requests like these actual help-desk calls: "How do I remove a sesame seed from the keyboard?"（All in a day's workの記事から） その他にも例がありましたが、余りに馬鹿馬鹿しいので省略。
この "muck up" の説明は辞書には 次ぎのように出ています。
・Collins Dictionary:
1.tr (British & Australian) to ruin or spoil; make a mess of
2.intr (Australian) to misbehave
・Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary: to make a mess of: bungle, spoil: I swear, she mucks up everything she tries
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a mistake that completely spoils something: They made a muck-up of our order - it won't be ready till next week now.
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