表述房屋乱的情况下,要用messy,而不是dirty。dirty有因很脏而没法应用的含意,因而依据状况的不一样会给另一方产生多余的误会。大家一般觉得dirty仅有‘脏’这一个词意,因此在其应用上很有限定。
dirty除开‘脏’,也有‘卑劣的,龌龊的,卑鄙的,黯淡的、污浊的;见不得人的;污浊的;龌龊的;情色的;淡黄色的;性侵的;令人讨厌的;卑劣的;不守信用的’等词意。
dirty hands/clothes
脏手 / 衣服裤子
a dirty mark
污渍
Try not to get too dirty!
别把的身上弄得很脏!
I always get given the dirty jobs (= jobs that make you become dirty) .
让我去干的全是些粗活。
Dirty oil can hurt a car's engine。
污油会危害轿车的模块。
give sb a dirty look
厌烦地瞪别人一眼;给别人一个眼白
She gave us a dirty look。
她瞥了大家一眼。
Michael gave him a dirty look and walked out.
麦克尔重重地瞪了他一眼随后离开了
a dirty joke/book
龌龊的嘲笑;黄色的书
He's got a dirty mind (= he often thinks about sex) .
他脑子里龌龊事情。
They told dirty jokes and sang raucous ballads
有人说着荤笑话,哼着不着调的小曲儿。
a dirty lie
卑劣的谎话
She's a dirty player.
她是个沒有体育道德的选手。
He's a great man for doing the dirty jobs (= jobs which are unpleasant because they involve being dishonest or mean to people) .
他这个人最会干缺德事的事。
We shouldn't wash our dirty laundry in public and if I was in his position, I'd say nothing at all.
家丑不适合外扬,如果我是他得话,我也你会想我吗。
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messy是因错乱看上去无秩序的意思。“污浊的;杂乱的;脏乱的;使脏乱差的;使脏乱的;错乱的;无法解决的;让人厌倦的”
This is a messy situation
这是一个错乱的局势。
The house was always messy.
这房屋一直乱七八糟的。
The divorce was painful and messy.
那一次离异让人痛楚而又恩怨不清。
John had been through a messy divorce himself.
罗伯特自身也经历过一次十分繁杂的离异
Dad cooks when Mum is busy, he makes me clean up my messy room
母亲忙的情况下父亲煮饭,他还要我清除我乱七八糟的屋子。
Life is a messy and tangled business
生活就是一件既错乱又繁杂的事儿。