gum up the works.

• 把工作搞糟

gum up the works.的用法和样例：

例句

1. She raced about the house to get her work done.
   她在屋里跑来跑去要把自己的工作搞完。
2. Every province, every municipality and autonomous region should take up theoretical work and systematically train Marxist theorists and critics.
   每个省市自治区都要把理论工作搞起来，有计划地培养马克思主义的理论家和评论家。