a mess of pottage

付出巨大的代价而得到的眼前小利

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Give him an old clock to pull to pieces, and he’ll mess about with it for hours.

给面旧钟让他拆去,他会摆弄好几个小时。

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The workers cleaned up the mess before they left.

工人在离开之前把脏东西清理干净了。

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Mess with married women

和有夫之妇勾搭

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Realizing Hsin-mei’s intention, Hung-chien silently cursed his own cowardice, afraid he’d only make a mess out of it if he tried to help her.All he could do was smile ruefully at Miss Sun and say, "That leaves just us two cowards."

鸿渐知道辛楣的用意,急得暗骂自己胆小,搀她怕反而误事,只好对孙小姐苦笑道:“只剩下咱们两个胆子小的人了。”

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The bad weather conspired with the car trouble to make a mess of my holyday.

坏天气和汽车故障凑在一起毁了我的休假。

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-dude, don’t mess this up.-Mess what up?

-伙计,别把这一切搞砸了-把什么搞砸了?

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What a fearful mess !

简直一团糟!

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The Jedi Knight, Qui-Gon (Liam Neeson cast as a samurai)and his apprentice, Obi-Wan (new wave star Ewan McGregor with a vocal hint of Alec Guinness), are sent in to sort out the mess

杰迪武士奎刚(莱昂·尼森扮演的一个武士)和他的徒弟奥比温(新浪潮运动影里伊万·麦克戈里格饰演,他的声音让人想起艾力克·吉尼斯)被派往“奈布”星球解决这个麻烦。

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And as a result, the conversation that has occupied scientists and ethicists for years, about how much man should mess with nature when it comes to reproduction, will drop onto every kitchen table, every pulpit, every politician’s desk

结果会是:多年来科学家和论理学家之间关于在繁殖这一点上人类应该在多大程度上改变自然规律的争论,将会活生生地出现在每一个餐桌,没一个讲道坛,每一个政治家的桌子上。

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She is one unholy mess

她真是个没羞没臊的东西。

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It was said that by joining the Common Market Britain would be giving away her national rights and advantages for a mess of pottage.

据说英国参加共同市场是为了一碗红豆汤而损害国家的利益。

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After the party there was a terrible mess in the room.

聚会完了,房间里乱得一塌糊涂。

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Look at this mess !

看看这烂摊子!

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Look what a mess you have made of your dress playing in that dirt.

看你在脏地方玩把衣服弄得那么脏。

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With divorce and bankruptcy proceedings pending, his personal life was in a mess .

离婚和破产的官司使得他的生活陷入一片混乱当中

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When mother saw the mess on the new carpet she blew a gasket.

母亲看到新地毯被弄得又乱又脏时勃然大怒。

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You’ve made a mess of the job.

你把这件事办得一塌糊涂。

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You should have seen the mess .

你本来应该看到这一团糟的么。

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Your room is in a mess . Please tidy it.

你的房间杂乱不堪,请把它打扫干净。

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Your Books and magazines are almost in a mess ; go and put them in order.

你的书和杂志简直是乱七八糟,去把它们整理一下。

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Your hair is in such a fearful mess . Have you been shampooing it?

你的头发脏乱得可怕。你洗头了吗?

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Look at the mess you’ve made!

你搞得一团糟!

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You’ve got us into a nice mess .

你使我们陷入困境。

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You’ve got us into a nice mess !

你使我们陷入困境了!

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You’re a mess , you’ll have to change.

你是个做事没有条理的人,你得改变自己。

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You’re in a nice mess now you’ve been caught stealing.

你偷窃被捉,现在处境可狼狈了。

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You’ll never finish this job if you mess about.

你这么瞎弄,这件事永远也完不了。

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The spilt milk made a terrible mess on the carpet

牛奶洒在地毯上弄得一塌糊涂

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NEW YORK-Trained hawks employed to keep pigeons from making a mess on visitors in a midtown park have been grounded because one of the birds mistook a chihuahua for lunch

纽约:经过训练被用来预防鸽子在中曼哈顿公园给游人捣乱的老鹰们已被停飞,因为它们中的一员错抓了一只吉娃娃狗当做午餐。

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