音标
英 [meɪk ə mes],美 [meɪk ə mes]
基本含义
表示“弄得一团糟”“制造混乱”,指通过行为使某物或某种状态变得杂乱无章或难以收拾。该短语在口语中使用广泛,可用于描述物理环境的混乱,也可比喻事情被搞砸的情况。
用法说明
及物性质:通常需搭配介词 of 引出具体对象,构成 make a mess of sth 结构,表示“把某事/某物弄糟”。
否定形式:常用 don't make a mess 表示“不要弄乱”,用于提醒或警告。
比喻用法:可用于抽象场景,指“把事情搞砸”,如工作、计划等被打乱或失败。
短语搭配
make a mess of sth:把某物/某事弄糟
例:He contrived to make a mess of the whole thing.(他挖空心思反而把事情全盘弄糟了。)
don't make a mess:不要弄乱
例:Don't make a mess in the kitchen.(别把厨房弄得一团糟。)
clean up the mess:收拾残局(由 make a mess 引申出的常用搭配)
例句
如果你把事情弄得一团糟,你就得自己收拾残局。
If you make a mess, you clean it up yourself.
我们的妈妈们让我们坐下读书、画画,而我们真正想做的却是胡闹一阵。
Our mothers sat us down to read and paint, when all we really wanted to do was to make a mess.
她叫他别把厨房搞得乱七八糟。
She told him not to make a mess in the kitchen.
就知道你会把事情搞得一团糟!
Trust you to make a mess of it.
现在的黑客已经不满足于制造混乱,他们以此谋生。
Hackers generally don't now aim to make a mess; they do it to get cash.
如果你干预那件事,你一定会把事情搞糟。
If you interfere in such a matter, you'll make a mess of it.
“隐私和公开都不会死,但是技术将继续使它们一团糟。”她说。
"Neither privacy nor publicity is dead, but technology will continue to make a mess of both," she said.
你如果愿意就做些果酱,不过别把厨房弄得一团糟。
Make some jam if you want to, but don't make a mess in the kitchen.
他挖空心思,反而把事情全盘弄糟了。
He contrived to make a mess of the whole thing.
别把卧室弄得乱糟糟的。
You shouldn't make a mess in your bedroom.
注意事项
部分文档提及该短语在特定语境下可指“(婴儿、动物)排便”,但这种用法较为口语化且不常见,日常使用中需结合上下文避免歧义。
作为高频口语短语,其否定形式 don't make a mess 常用于家长对孩子、或提醒他人保持整洁的场景。
无论是描述打翻牛奶的厨房,还是搞砸项目的工作失误,make a mess 都是表达“混乱”的直观选择。你是否也曾有过不小心 make a mess 却不得不自己收拾的经历呢?