mess about

英 [mes əˈbaʊt]

美 [mes əˈbaʊt]

v.  胡闹；弄乱

英英释义

verb

• be about
  1. The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
  2. Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
  Synonym:loiterloungefootlelollygagloaflallygaghang aroundtarrylingerlurkmill aboutmill around

双语例句

• It may seem merely technical, but the mess says much about the problems of being a global financial centre, where foreign teams come to play and the home referee deals with the damage.
  这看起来似乎纯粹是技术活，但这狼藉的局面暴露出这家全球金融中心的许多问题，就好像国外的球队来乱踢了一通，结果把烂摊子留给本国的裁判去处理。
• Yet we often failed to see the mess of our mind, and even continue to complain about our miserable situation.
  但是心黯淡与抑郁时，我们却看不到，还埋怨悲惨的处境。
• Your efforts to clear up a mess have created more mess, but from that mess, order is about to emerge.
  你清理混乱的努力已经制造了更多的混乱，但是秩序即将从这团混乱中浮现。
• They don't mess about, do they? I ordered the book yesterday and it's already come.
  他们没有磨蹭，不是吗？我昨天订购的那本书，现在已经到了。
• Don't mess me about. I'm doing you a favor.
  少来这套，我在帮你！
• With U.S.housing still in a mess, the central bank will be far more worried about the impact of rising Treasury yields on the mortgage market.
  由于美国房地产仍处于混乱之中，央行将更加担心国债收益率上升给抵押贷款市场带来的影响。
• Don't mess me about, I want the money you promised me.
  别欺负我，我要你答应给我的钱。
• But it is already clear that this mess is about more than a bit of rash mortgage lending to Americans who were in the habit of falling behind with their monthly payments.
  之前有人认为，上周的混乱是一小部分不负责任的抵押贷款造成的，这些借贷人总是不按时交纳当月付款数，已经习以为常。现在人们已经明白，问题不是这么简单。
• Jane Goodall: "The most important thing we can do to try to get out of the mess we've made on this planet is to spend time thinking about the consequences of the choices we make."
  简。顾达尔：“如何才能将我们制造的混乱从这个星球上清除掉？最重要的还是花点时间想想，我们的一切抉择会引起什么后果。”
• This room is a mess. It's about time you tidied up a bit.
  这个房间乱糟糟的，你该收拾一下了。