messiness的意思是‘凌乱、凌乱无序性’，还经常被翻译为杂乱状况，发音音标为[‘mes?n?s]，在英语中以名词出现较多，在《牛津英汉双解词典》中，共找到23个与messiness相关的释义和例句。
1.凌乱
例句:imagine schools where we let students be humans, with all of the messiness and the uncertainty that is bound to come with that.
翻译:想象这样一个学校： 我们让学生当人， 他们身上的所有这些混乱和不确定 是必然的。
来源：郎文当代初级英语辞典
2.凌乱无序性
例句:Then on the other hand, we have Wolfram Alpha, with all the messiness of the world and human language and so on built into it.
翻译:另一方面，我们拥有Wolfram Alpha 包含了世界上所有杂乱无章的东西 以及人类语言等内建的知识体系。
来源：英语发音在线词典
3.杂乱状况
例句:And yet, in all its messiness, in all its difficulties, i would not have liked somebody to say, “This is the tabula rasa, mister architect — do whatever you want.”
翻译:在这些困难和混乱中 我不希望有人说 “这是一张白纸，建筑师。自由发挥吧。”。
来源：牛津英汉双解词典
messiness一般作为名词使用，在常见短语或俚语中出现较多。
1. And yet, in all its messiness, in all its difficulties, i would not have liked somebody to say, “This is the tabula rasa, mister architect — do whatever you want.”
翻译:在这些困难和混乱中 我不希望有人说 “这是一张白纸，建筑师。自由发挥吧。”。
2. That’s probably why i forgive his messiness even if sometimes i want to strangle him.
翻译:这大概是我可以原谅他的邋遢的原因… …即使有时候我恨不得想扼死他。
3. Well, you indicated that B’s answer to the first question, about messiness, was very important to you.
翻译:你可以指定 B 的答案 在第一个有关条理性的问题上， 对你是非常重要。
4. it’s love in all its messiness.
翻译:是一段在混乱中的爱情。
5. When we label a person tragic or angelic, bad or good, we rob them of their humanity, along with not only the messiness and complexity that that title brings, but the rights and dignities as well.
翻译:当我们给一个人贴上不幸的 或是天使般，好的或坏的 这样的标签时， 我们夺走了他们的人性， 随之而去的不仅仅是“人”的头衔 所带来的复杂性， 更是他们的权利和尊严。
6. i know, but people don’t need to see the messiness.
翻译:我知道 但不用让人们看到那一地鸡毛。
7. And yet, in all its messiness, in all its difficulties, i would not have liked somebody to say, “This is the tabula rasa, mister architect — do whatever you want.”
翻译:在这些困难和混乱中 我不希望有人说 “这是一张白纸，建筑师。自由发挥吧。”。
8. Then on the other hand, we have Wolfram Alpha, with all the messiness of the world and human language and so on built into it.
翻译:另一方面，我们拥有Wolfram Alpha 包含了世界上所有杂乱无章的东西 以及人类语言等内建的知识体系。
9. He takes the messiness and the ugliness in our lives, and he makes the most beautiful art in the world out of it.
翻译:他拿 messiness 和 在我们的生命中的丑陋， 而且他作大部分 从它的在世界上的美丽艺术。
10. But Castro will make them see the messiness.
翻译:可Castro会让你的生活看起来一团糟。
11. (Laughter) [Think about] this idea of hovering, of etemological hovering, and messiness, and incompleteness, [and how] not everything ties up into a neat bow, and you’re really not on a journey here.
翻译:( 笑声 ) 仔细考虑一下这些想法， 这些天马行空的认知， 一团糟，不尽完美， 不是每一件事都能那么完美， 你也不是在什么征程当中。
12. Do you need the messiness?
翻译:你想要一切都搞砸吗。
13. Well, B placed 1 point on your answer to the messiness question and 10 on your answer to the second.
翻译:B给对于你有关条理性的回答 给1分， 对于第二个问题的答案给10分。
messiness作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有s、messinesses等。
