查询词典 mess-up

I think what he got is a mess of pottage when he agreed to withdraw his candidacy in exchange for a peerage.

我想，他答应了退出竞选换取贵族头衔，是因小失大了。

If you'd like to help a friend who's in a financial mess, enjoy each other's company on the cheap, says Liz Perle, author of "Money, a Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash."

如果你想帮助有经济困难的朋友，少花钱来享受彼此陪伴，"钱，回忆录：女性，感情，金钱"一书的作者 Liz Perle称。

Anthony Alderson, director of the Pleasance theatre company in London is the first to admit his desk is a mess:"We can't all be neat, and my desk is a pigsty" he says.

伦敦Pleasance剧院公司的经理安东尼·奥尔德森第一个承认自己的办公桌凌乱不堪："不可能所有的人都整洁，我的桌子就是一个猪圈，"他说道。

I didn't see much of London but I learnt all about mess kits, plus fours and hunting jackets, as well as how to measure people correctly and how to cut suits.

我没怎么在伦敦玩，但我学到了七七八八的知识，以及如何正确地量身和裁剪西装。

Got a little mess on the poop deck.

但是甲板上却有点糟糕喔

From January 2000, mess management, barracks maintenance and post exchange service will be gradually contracted out in organizations at or above the corps level and military academies and hospitals in large- and medium-sized cities.

从2000年1月起，在军级以上机关和驻大中城市的军队院校、医院等单位，逐步推行饮食保障、营房保障和商业服务社会化。

This is where the Idiom Mess of Pottage comes from.

这是"因小失大"这个成语的来源。

B: Do you think I'll depart from my correct stand just for a mess of pottage?

难道你认为我会因为一点点利益就改变我的立场吗？

A nice mess of pottage was served at the beginning.

先上的是份不错的浓汤。

There are many,many people who are willing to prostitute their intelligence for a mess of pottage.

于是，他便按雅各的要求，对天起誓，把长子权卖给雅各，换来饼和红豆汤。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。