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| 1 | C/U a situation in which a place is dirty or untidy 肮脏；凌乱 |
| The garden was a real mess. 花园真够乱的。 |
| ‘What a mess!’ she said, looking at the kitchen. 她看着厨房说道：“多脏啊！” |
| make a mess Try not to make a mess because I’ ve been cleaning. 尽量不要搞得乱糟糟的，因为我一直在清理。 |
| in a mess His papers were in a terrible mess. 他的文件乱极了。 |
| | 1a | C something that has been accidentally dropped or carelessly left , that makes a place look dirty 掉落的东西；溅出的东西 | | I cleaned up the mess with a napkin. 我用餐巾把脏东西清理掉了。 | | There was a sticky mess on the kitchen floor. 厨房地板上有黏糊糊的东西。 | |
| | 1b | singular someone or something that looks dirty , untidy , or in bad condition 肮脏（或不整洁）的人；肮脏（或不整洁）的东西 | | Look at you – you’ re a mess! 看看你，真够邋遢的！ | | Mark’ s jeans were a mess by the time he finished painting. 当迈克完成画作时，他的牛仔裤已经很脏了。 | |
| | 1c | to make something look dirty or untidy 弄脏某物；使某物凌乱 | | That wine has made a real mess of the carpet. 那葡萄酒把地毯弄得乱七八糟。 | |
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| 2 | singular a difficult situation with a lot of problems, especially because people have made mistakes （尤指因人们出错而造成的）困境 |
| an economic mess 经济困境 |
| be in a mess The company was in a complete mess when she took over. 当她接手的时候，公司的处境非常困难。 |
| get into a mess I don’ t know how we got into this mess. 我不知道我们怎么陷入了这一困境。 |
| get sb into a mess You got me into this mess in the first place. 首先你使我陷入这个困境。 |
| | 2a | to make a lot of mistakes when you are doing or dealing with something 搞糟某事 | | Tom felt he had made a mess of his life. 汤姆觉得自己把生活搞得一团糟。 | |
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| 3 | singular informal someone who is so nervous or who has so many problems that they cannot have a normal life （因紧张或有太多的问题而）生活失常的人 |
| I was a complete mess after the divorce. 离婚后我的生活完全是一团糟。 |
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| 4 | C a room where people have their meals in the armed forces （军人的）食堂 |
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| 5 | C/U solid waste from an animal 动物粪便 |
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| - | a mess of sth AMERICAN spoken
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| a lot of something |
| 许多的某物；大量的某物 |
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| She had a whole mess of dolls in her bedroom. 她的卧室里有许多玩具娃娃。 |
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| Words frequently used with mess | | mess 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | awful, complete, fine, real, right, sorry, terrible, total, | 2 | | | |
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