mess around
phrasal verb with mess verb uk/mes/ us/mes/
(UK also mess about)
(SPEND TIME)
C1 informal浪费时间；磨蹭
to spend time doing various things that are not important, without any particular purpose or plan
They spend their weekends messing around on their boat. 他们在船上消磨他们的周末时光。
My brother likes messing around with computers. 我弟弟喜欢玩电脑打发时间。
He spent the day with friends, just messing about. 他一整天只是和朋友在一起闲逛。
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- He spends all day messing around with the dogs instead of working.
- Stop messing around watching the telly, and come and help me.
- We spent the week messing around in the cottage.
- I need to stop messing around and make some decisions.
(ACT STUPIDLY)
胡闹
to behave in a stupid or annoying way
Stop messing around and listen to me! 别胡闹了，听我说！
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- Immediately after she'd gone, the boys started to mess around.
- The children were driving me mad by messing around all the time.
- Stop messing around - I'm trying to be serious.
- He spent all his time at school just messing around.