messes

英 [ˈmesɪz]

美 [ˈmesɪz]

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
mess的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 脏乱;凌乱;不整洁
  If you say that something isa messorin a mess, you think that it is in an untidy state.
  1. The house is a mess...
     屋里一片狼藉。
  2. The wrong shampoo can leave curly hair in a tangled mess...
     不合适的洗发水会使卷发纠结成乱糟糟的一团。
  3. Linda can't stand mess.
     琳达无法忍受脏乱。
• N-VAR 困境;麻烦;混乱
  If you say that a situation isa mess, you mean that it is full of trouble or problems. You can also say that something isin a mess.
  1. I've made such a mess of my life.
     我把自己的生活弄得一团糟。
  2. ...the many reasons why the economy is in such a mess...
     经济陷入如此困境的众多原因
  3. She'd got herself into a mess, of that he was certain.
     他肯定她已经让自己陷入了困境。
• N-VAR (意外滴落的)液体(或黏稠物)
  A messis something liquid or sticky that has been accidentally dropped on something.
  1. Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit...
     最后，他们狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到处都是。
  2. I'll clear up the mess later.
     我呆会儿会把滴落的水擦干净。
• N-COUNT (军队的)餐厅，食堂
  Themessat a military base or military barracks is the building in which members of the armed forces can eat or relax.
  1. ...a party at the officers' mess...
     在军官餐厅举行的聚会
  2. He hurried to the Mess to find the control officer.
     他匆忙赶到餐厅去找指挥官。

双语例句

• We are all on the same planet. Agree to fix its messes, right now.
  我们都在同一个星球上，现在就一起解决麻烦吧。
• Most people can't help to clean up other people's messes.
  大多数人不能帮助他人清理脏东西。
• Hollywood residents believe they've found a humane ( 1) way to reduce their pigeon population and the messes the birds make: the pill.
  好莱坞居民相信为减少鸽子数量和垃圾问题找到了人道的解决方法：避孕药！
• If you find yourself often promising to clean up your messes later, you are bargaining.
  如果你发现自己经常给自己许诺：我之后会好好清理脏乱不堪的杂物。
• If Libya was going to end in a mess, the president who inherited the messes in Iraq and Afghanistan wanted someone else to be in charge of it.
  如果利比亚陷入混乱，那么这个继承了伊拉克和阿富汗混乱局面的总统希望其他人能继承利比亚。
• In the end, it may be wiser not to involve yourself in messes you don't need.
  最后，不要因为不需要的东西而让自己卷入混乱，这可能比较明智的。
• He genuinely likes fixing plumbing messes, for one thing, and despite the worst recession he has seen,'I'm still excited to get up and go to work every day,'he says.
  首先，他是真的喜爱疏通清理水管这项工作；其次，按照他的话说，虽然眼下是他所经历的最严重的经济衰退，但“每天起床上班还是让我感到很兴奋”。
• One in 20 even messes up boiling an egg or preparing a cooked breakfast.
  二十分之一的女性甚至连煮鸡蛋或煮早餐也做不好。
• Playing during work time adds more time to your day and messes up your schedule.
  在工作时间玩耍会让你的工作时间延长，打乱你的日程。
• Or if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and clean up our own messes.
  或者，如果我们有一个基本的政策在我们国家和其他国家始终把东西回来，我们发现他们和清理我们自己的食堂。