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mix someone/something up


phrasal verb with mixverbuk /mɪks/ us /mɪks/
B2
to fail to recognize two people or things correctly by thinking that one person or thing is the other person or thing: 混淆;把…弄混
People often mix us up because we look so similar.人们常把我们弄混,因为我们看上去很像。
I think you're mixing me up with my sister.我想你把我和我姐姐弄混了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
addled
all of a doodahidiom
all over the placeidiom
alphabet soup
at seaidiom
disarray
discombobulation
disordered
disorganization
disorganized
muddle something up
muddle-headed
muddled
mush
muzzily
unaccountable
unaccountably
unexplainable
unexplained
unsearchable

mix someone up


phrasal verb with mixverbuk /mɪks/ us /mɪks/
to confuse, worry, or upset someone: 使(某人)不知所措;把(某人)弄糊涂
The directions he gave me mixed me up and I went the wrong way.他给我指的路把我弄糊涂了,结果我走错了路。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Puzzle and confuse
addle
baffle
bedazzle
befuddle
bemuse
cloud
confuse
discombobulate
disorientate
do someone's head inidiom
flummox
fox
puzzle
search
throw
throw (someone) a curve (ball)/curveballidiom
throw someone off balanceidiom
tie
tie someone (up) in knotsidiom
unbalance

mix something up


phrasal verb with mixverbuk /mɪks/ us /mɪks/
to make a group of things untidy or badly organized, or to move them into the wrong order: 弄错,弄乱
Don't mix up the bottles - you'll have to repeat the experiment if you do.别弄乱那些瓶子——如果真弄乱了,你得重做那个实验。
Your jigsaw puzzles and games are all mixed up together in that box.你的拼图玩具和游戏用具都乱糟糟地混在那个盒子里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making things dirty & untidy
blacken
clutter
clutter something up
contaminate
dirty
foul
mess
mired
muddle
muddle something up
muddy
muss
pollute
polluter
recontaminate
soil
stain
tarnish
the polluter pays principleidiom
throw something into disarray
mix-up
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈmɪks.ʌp/ us /ˈmɪks.ʌp/
a mistake that causes confusion: (引起混乱的)错误
There was a mix-up at the office and we all received the wrong forms.办公室搞错了,我们都收到了错误的表格。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a mistake
mistakeIt was just a silly mistake - no need to apologize.
errorHe admitted that he'd made an error.
blunderThe company was struggling after a series of financial blunders.
slipIt was an understandable slip.
mix-upThere was a mix-up with the bags at the airport.
gaffeI made a real gaffe by calling her "Emma", which is the name of his previous girlfriend.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Faults and mistakes
(that's) your hard luckidiom
aberration
Achilles heel
adrift
black mark
blemish
errata
erratum
error
failing
false move
loophole
malaprop
miscue
misfunction
misperception
that's/it's your funeral!idiom
typo
uncorrectable
uncorrected

mix up someone/something | American Dictionary


mix up someone/something


phrasal verb with mixverbus/mɪks/

(MISTAKE)


to mistake someone or something for someone or something else; to confuse two people or things:
It’s easy to mix up the twins.
I mix them up all the time.

mix up something


phrasal verb with mixverbus/mɪks/

(MESS)


to put objects in the wrong order or place:
If you mix up the photos in my family album, I’ll never forgive you!
mix-up
noun[ C ]
us/ˈmɪks ˌʌp/
a mistake:
She said that because of a mix-up, our check was sent to the wrong address.

mix sth/sb up | Business English


mix sth/sb up


phrasal verb with mixverbuk /mɪks/us
to confuse two people or things by thinking that one person or thing is the other person or thing:
People often mix them up because they look so similar.

Examples of mix someone/something up


mix someone/something up
This is illustrated by the mix-up in chapters.
It does give a chance of avoiding a general mix-up and bad feeling.
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That is going to be a nice mix-up between the two of them.
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I am not unduly perturbed about the possible mix-up of those representing the interests of farmers who use home-grown cereals and those who produce them.
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I suggest that is a functional mix-up which would be wrong.
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This is a strange mix-up in inter-departmental co-ordination.
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We therefore have a certain mix-up about the exact policy towards this motor company.
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That question is a bit of a mix-up.
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Have they given consideration to the question of the location of industry in relation to this question of the mix-up of military and economic defence?
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The mix-up of the child population and what people from the towns have learned in the country, have made evacuation not an unmixed blessing.
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One would get into a worse mix-up than one is in at present.
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Indeed, the whole calendar of crime is an indefensible mix-up of felonies and misdemeanours.
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We must not get caught in some awful mix-up.
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I am sorry that there has been a mix-up in communications.
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It is really quite a mix-up, because they all have the same thing, and the opportunities for confusion are great.
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