迷你对话学地道口语第698期:摆脱混乱局面

 　　Subject：We need to find a way out of this mess¹.

　　迷你对话

　　A: We have been waiting for the bus for nearly half an hour!

　　我们等公车已经等了半个小时了。

　　B: The traffic is terrible today! We need to find a way out of this mess.

　　今天的交通一塌糊涂。我们要想一个摆脱混乱局面的办法。

　　地道表达

　　out of this mess

　　1. 解词释义

　　Out of this mess的意思是“摆脱困境，摆脱混乱局势”。Mess做名词，它的意思是“乱七八糟”。例如：What a mess!（真乱呀！）in a mess（处于混乱局面）。作动词的意思是将......弄糟，使......紊乱。例如：

　　Stop messing² about my work!（别再妨碍我的工作！）I was asked to organize the trip, but I messed³ it up. （大家要我组织这次旅游，可是我把事情弄糟了。）

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. I could see only one way out of this mess.

　　要摆脱这个困境，依我看只有一条出路。

　　e.g. Don't worry, I'm going to get you out of this fucking mess.

　　别担心，我要把你从这个鬼圈套里弄出来。

　　e.g. I hoped Joey would say something to get me out of this mess.

　　我真希望乔伊能说些什么把我从这困境中解救出来。

　　e.g. Don't follow my steps and work quickly to get yourselves out of this mess, because nobody will get you out.

　　不要重蹈我的覆辙，赶快工作，把自己拉出这个烂泥潭，因为没有人会帮你出来。

1 mess   

vt.将…弄糟，混乱，妨碍，使紊乱；n.食堂，伙食，用膳，一份食品，混乱，乱七八糟，困境

参考例句：

• Don't mess up my homework.不要弄乱我的家庭作业。
• You'll mess up my hair.你会把我的头发弄乱.

2 messing   

弄脏，弄乱( mess的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She didn't want you coming and messing about with things. 她不愿意你来瞎胡闹。
• Stop messing about, boys! I'm trying to do some reading. 孩子们，别瞎闹，我想看一会儿书。

3 messed   

弄脏，弄乱( mess的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She messed up her new dress with blue ink. 蓝墨水弄脏了她的新衣服。
• This kind of thing is not to be messed about with. 这种事情不能胡来！