America sometimes seemed to be in a mess in every direction.

有时美国在每个方向上都一团糟。

Most countries in Europe were in a mess during the period subsequent to World War II.

二战后的一段时期中，欧洲大多数国家陷入了窘境。

The hospital is badly damaged and in a mess; it cannot be used at the moment.

医院遭到严重破坏，混乱不堪；现在无法使用了。

The room is in a mess, with pizza boxes on the floor and dirty dishes in the sink.

房间一团糟，地上扔着比萨饼盒子，洗涤池里堆着脏碗。

" A man to dinner, and everything in a mess! John Brooke, how could you do such a thing? "

“有个客人来吃晚饭，可什么都是乱七八糟的！约翰·布鲁克，你怎么能这么干？”

I give my clients this advice every time they land themselves in a mess, but do they listen to me?

每次我为客户提这个建议时他们总把自己搞的一团糟, 但他们有听进我说的吗?

I mean her room is totally in a mess.

我是说她的房间一团糟。

My Lord we sure are in a mess get up.

我的主，我们肯定是一团糟起床。

1967, the program was in a mess, and there was no way that spacecraft should have been allowed to fly.

1967 年，这个项目一团糟，而且没有任何进展。

Vantablack works by coating an object in a mess of microscopic structures.

Vantablack 的工作原理是在物体上涂上一堆微观结构。

We’ve had the builders in, so everything’s in a mess.

【have】我们有建筑工人，所以一切都一团糟。

When I was graduating from college, my generation also found the world in a mess.

我大学毕业的时候，我们这一代人也发现世界乱得一团糟。

Spending time alone in a tidy house as a better impact on our mood, than spending time alone in a mess.

一个人待在整洁的房子里比一个人待在一团糟的地方对我们的情绪有更好的影响。

The thieves took cultural treasures while countries were in a mess because of fighting civil wars or wars against other countries.

当国家因内战或与其他国家的战争而陷入混乱时，小偷们偷走了这些文化宝藏。

However, as a metaphor for why the world is in a mess, it has a beguiling poetic truth, as relevant to atheists as believers.

然而，作为解释为什么世界如此混乱的隐喻，它拥有迷人的诗意真理，对无神论者一样重要。

He often says my room is in a mess and things are dirty, but I don't think so I like the way it is.

他经常说我的房间一团糟，东西都很脏。但是我不这么认为。我喜欢这个样子。

I spent a few hours organising all of the books on my bookshelves last weekend, but then my wife decided to clean the shelves and put the books back in a mess.

上周末我花了几个小时整理书架上的书，结果我妻子要打扫书架，把所有的书弄得一团糟。

" I give my clients, " I continue, " this advice every time they land themselves in a mess." Your " clients" are the people for whom you do work.

“我给我的客户， ” 我继续说，“每当他们陷入混乱时，我都会给他们这样的建议。 ” 你的“客户” 是你为之工作的人。

I should mention, though, that when we talk about straightening up a room or straightening out a mess in a room, we don't mean cleaning the whole room completely and thoroughly.

不过，我应该提一下，当我们谈论整理房间或整理房间里的乱七八糟的东西时， 我们并不是说彻底彻底地打扫整个房间。

In the story, I say that I give my advice to my clients every time they land themselves, or get themselves, in a mess, but the smart ones listen, and the not-so-smart ones don't listen.

在这个故事中，我说每次我的客户着陆或陷入困境时， 我都会向他们提出建议， 但聪明的人会听，而不那么聪明的人不会听。