英语博客-北美风情 225 We all mess up sometimes

 　　Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, and this episode is all about expressions to talk about them. Some mistakes are small and minor¹, and others are really big. And sometimes we make embarrassing mistakes in front of other people—the worst kind or mistakes! But you shouldn’t make a mistake with these expressions once you’ve listened to this episode. So go ahead, check it out.

　　Harp:So today we’re going to talk about some expressions when you make a mistake.

　　Maura:Right. We can use these expressions to talk about when people have not done something well, when they’ve made a mistake or done something wrong.

　　Harp:Yeah. And all of the expressions are a little bit different, but they’re all related to making mistakes.

　　Maura:Right. So let’s start with the first one. The first expression that we’re going to look at is to mess up.

1 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。