mess [mes]
n.
肮脏;杂乱;不整洁;(组织欠佳等导致的)麻烦，困境，混乱;不整洁(或邋遢、不修边幅)的人
v.
使不整洁;弄脏;弄乱;随地便溺
第三人称单数： messes复数： messes现在分词： messing过去式： messed过去分词： messed
名词
The room was in a mess .
这个房间杂乱不堪。
The kids made a mess in the bathroom.
孩子们把浴室搞得一塌糊涂。
‘ What a mess !’ she said, surveying the scene after the party.
看着聚会后的情况，她说：“真是一片狼藉！”
The economy is in a mess .
经济陷入了困境。
I feel I've made a mess of things.
我觉得我把事情搞糟了。
The whole situation is a mess.
整个情况都是一团糟。
Let's try to sort out the mess.
我们来收拾一下残局吧。
The biggest question is how they got into this mess in the first place.
关键问题是他们究竟是怎么惹出这样的麻烦的。
You're a mess!
你真邋遢！
a mess of sth许多；大量(相当于a lot of)
There's a mess of fish down there, so get your lines in the water.
那底下有很多鱼，快下钩吧。
动词
Careful─you're messing my hair.
小心——你弄乱我的头发了。
no messing
毫不费力；不费吹灰之力；轻而易举used to say that sth has been done easily
We finished in time, no messing.
我们不费吹灰之力，就按时完成了。
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