informal, chiefly N. Amer. <非正式, 主北美>
- a confused or chaotic state; a mess混乱：
an enormous amount of my time was devoted to untangling snafus.
我大部分时间都花在清理混乱局面上了。
- in utter confusion or chaos一团糟的：
our refrigeration plant is snafu.
我们的制冷设备是一团糟。
with obj.
- throw (a situation) into chaos把（局面）搞得混乱：
you ignored his orders and snafued everything.
你不听他的指令把一切都搞得一团糟。
词源
1940s: acronym from situation normal: all fouled (or fucked) up.