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mess UNTIDINESSmesna state of untidiness, dirtiness or lack of organization凌乱的状态，脏乱的状态The sweets she had left in the back of the car had melted into a huge sticky mess. [C]她留在车座后的糖果融化成又脏又粘的一团。Can you clear up that mess you made in the kitchen? [U]你能整理一下你弄得乱七八糟的厨房吗？I always make a mess when I try to cook anything. [U]当我想烧点东西的时候，我总是弄得一团糟。You look a mess--you can't go out like that! [U]你看上去又脏又乱，你不能这样子出去。The room was a mess of clothes and paper which had been scattered all over the floor. [U]那屋子乱成一团，报纸与衣服散得满地都是。My brother's house is always in a mess. [U]我兄弟的房子总是又脏又乱。If you describe a situation as a mess, you mean it is full of problems and difficulties.困境，狼狈的处境She said that her life was a mess. [U]她说她的生活非常困窘。The company has called in a team of accountants to sort out the mess. [U]这家公司为摆脱困境请来了会计师工作组。I've got myself into a bit of a mess by telling a lie. [U]我因为撒了一个谎而使自己处于尴尬的境地。She was constantly trying to get her brother out of the messes he had gotten himself into. [C]她时时想帮助她的兄弟摆脱由他自己造成的困境。The company's finances are in a mess. [U]这家公司的财政处于困境。A person can be a mess if their life is full of problems and difficulties they cannot deal with.处于困境的人She's a real mess--twice divorced, hooked on drugs and now living on the streets! [U]她真是个处于困境的人，离了两次婚，染上了毒瘾，现在又在卖淫。An animal's mess is its excrement.粪便Fido has left another mess on the carpet. [C]菲多又在地毯上拉屎了。The council will fine owners who do not clear up their dog's mess in public places. [C]委员会将对那些不清理他们的狗在公共场所留下的粪便的狗主人进行罚款。If you make a mess of something, you do it badly or spoil it.把…弄糟，把…弄乱I've made a real mess of my exams.我完全考砸了。She despairs of the way that human society has made such a mess of the Earth.她对人类社会把地球弄得这么糟感到失望。(infml) A mess-up is a something which has been done badly.混乱，一团糟He made a real mess-up of the sales figures.他把销售数额弄得一团糟。
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