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Messy Dirty ˈmesi Untidy Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Messily Situation

word messy
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messy ★☆☆☆☆
/me̱si/
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]邋遢的;弄脏的 A messy person or activity makes things dirty or untidy.
  • She was a good, if messy, cook...

    尽管不爱干净,她还是个好厨子。

  • As the work tends to be a bit messy you'll need to wear old clothes.

    这个活儿有点脏,你需要穿旧衣服。

messily
  • She wrote it hastily and messily on a scrap of paper.

    她在一张纸片上匆忙而潦草地写了下来。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]混乱的;肮脏的;凌乱的 Something that is messy is dirty or untidy.
  • Dad cooks when Mum is busy, he makes me clean up my messy room...

    妈妈忙的时候爸爸做饭,他还让我清理我乱糟糟的房间。

  • Don't worry if this first coat of paint looks messy.

    如果这第一层油漆看上去很脏的话,不用担心。

3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](局面)混乱而复杂的,棘手的,难以应付的 If you describe a situation as messy, you are emphasizing that it is confused or complicated, and therefore unsatisfactory.
  • John had been through a messy divorce himself...

    约翰自己也经历过一次十分棘手的离婚。

  • Life is a messy and tangled business...

    生活就是一件既混乱又复杂的事情。

  • Negotiations would be messy and time-consuming.

    谈判既麻烦又耗时间。


Oxford messy / ˈmesi ; NAmE ˈmesi / adjective ( mess·ier , messi·est ) 1 dirty and/or untidy 肮脏的;凌乱的;不整洁的 SYN
chaotic
The house was always messy. 这房子总是乱糟糟的。 ( NAmE) Her long black hair was messy and dirty. 她乌黑的长发又脏又乱。
2 making sb/sth dirty and/or untidy 使脏乱的;使不整洁的 It was a messy job. 这是项很脏的工作。 3 (of a situation 状况 ) unpleasant, confused or difficult to deal with 混乱的;难以处理的;令人厌烦的 The spanorce was painful and messy. 那次离婚令人痛苦而又纠葛不清。 messy messier messiest
messy / ˈmesi ; NAmE ˈmesi /
LDC
messymess‧y /ˈmesi/ ●●● S3 adjective (comparative messier, superlative messiest)
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
1dirty or untidy:  a messy room Sorry the place is so messy, I haven’t had time to clear up.2informal a messy situation is complicated and unpleasant to deal with:  He’s just been through a particularly messy divorce.3making someone or something dirty or untidy:  messy jobs like plumbing, plastering, and tilingmessily adverbmessiness noun [uncountable]
WDF

messy

[ˈmesi]
级别:messier, messiest
TOEFLIELTS
j6747
3254
416
678
1156
674
330
ADJ6244
128393

Spoken:

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messier[360]
麻烦的(51%),散乱的(28%),污秽的(21%)
adj.凌乱的,散乱的;肮脏的,污秽的;麻烦的

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