make a mess of

基本解释

They are going to make a mess of the mailing unless someone steps in and shows them what to do.
他们会把邮寄业务搞得一团糟的，除非有人能插手进来告诉他们怎么做。
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“Neither privacy nor publicity is dead, but technology will continue to make a mess of both, ” she said.
“隐私和公开都不会死，但是技术将继续使他们一塌糊涂，”她说。
Your estate plan is nothing to mess around with; a lot of people ignore it until it's too late, and many others make a mess of it because they haven't stuck to legal guidelines.
你的财产计划不是可以浪费时间的，很多的人都会忽略直到太迟了，很多人也会弄得很糟，因为他们没有坚持法律的指导。

Moreover, the hassles of the phone business could make a mess of more than just Apple's business model.
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But dictatorships can make a mess of things, too, if dictatorial over-confidence leads them to ignore hard facts.
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But progress is slow because the politicians who are trying to influence what we discard and what we keep often make a mess of it.
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