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messiness

/mes-ee/US // ˈmɛs i //UK // (ˈmɛsɪ) //

混乱,杂乱无章,杂乱,凌乱

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    mess·i·er, mess·i·est.

    • : characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room.
    • : causing a mess: a messy recipe; messy work.
    • : embarrassing, difficult, or unpleasant: a messy political situation.
    • : characterized by moral or psychological confusion.

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Examples

  • Miard later told me that colugo feces are like dried lentils — nothing messy.

  • The term is messy, overused and means different things to different people.

  • The researchers performed computer simulations that suggested the shock wave has a transition region in which magnetic fields become turbulent and messy.

  • Pyroptosis and necroptosis are messier, causing cells to spill their guts and release cytokines and debris that can trigger more inflammation.

  • In interparty conflicts, you see relationships that make the alliances and coalitions that are formed seem messier, because it isn’t just ideological, it’s relational.

  • Many critics have disdain precisely for this strange messiness of his, this showmanship that dares to create a new order.

  • Academics used to push politicians to see truth clearly—in all its messiness.

  • These nuns are far more enmeshed in the world, with all its messiness and ambiguities, than the male hierarchy is.

  • Progressives hate the messiness of this, preferring the direct application of reason by the intelligent elite.

  • The unwritten rule of luxury goods marketing is to rise above the messiness of the moment.

  • The messiness of the place merely made the madness of the whole program seem worse.

  • But in spite of the messiness, it was the best food he had eaten in days.