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

• 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。
• "If you mess about with my computer again, you'll be for the high jump."
  “如果你再来乱动我的计算机，我就要治治你。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Like a kid on the playground, you want your own sandbox to play in, where you can make a mess and not worry about picking up.
  就像玩耍的小孩子一样，您希望拥有一个属于自己的沙盒，在那里您可以随意做任何事情。
• Don't mess about my bags.
  不要乱弄我的书包。
• 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。
• And don't give me that mess about the phones.
  别告诉我是电话出的什么鬼问题。