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

• 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。
• Research has shown that the bright light emitted from electronics and smartphones seriously messes with our sleep behaviors.
  研究显示电子设备和智能手机发出的亮光严重的可能会扰乱我们的睡眠习惯。
• Wear whatever you need to keep warm even if it messes up your outfit.
  尽量穿保暖的衣物，即便这会使你的形象打点折扣。
• I'm not allowed to drink it on tour as caffeine messes with my voice* but hey* I'm not working now so viva non-fat decaf latte I say.
  我在巡演的时候不准喝它，因为咖啡因会弄糟我的嗓音，但是嗨，我现在不工作了，所以我要说脱脂无咖啡因咖啡万岁。
• And it messes with my chances of me seeing my family.
  他就是我和我家庭团聚的所有机会。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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”。
• In crisis and reliability management, we can and should design systems that work even when independent risks turn out to be inter-dependent and when rescues create their own messes.
  在危机和可靠性管理中，我们能够而且应该设计出，即使在独立风险变成相互依赖的风险，以及救援本身制造混乱时也能够起作用的体系。
• The messes compound and the time to clean them up just never comes.
  混乱妥协与你，但是清理它们的时候永远不会到。