1·He made a God-awful mess of it!
他把事情弄得一塌糊涂！
—— 《牛津词典》
2·The kitchen was an awful mess.
厨房里整一烂摊子。
3·The children have made an awful mess in the room.
孩子们把这房间弄得凌乱不堪了。
4·We open the door. What is going on? What an awful mess!
我们打开门。发生了什么事？简直是一团糟。
5·I made an awful mess of my maths paper. If I pass, it will only be by the skin of my teeth.
我的数学考卷做得糟透了，如果通过，我也只是刚刚及格。
6·If you wouldn't have tried to impress me by climbing that hill as if you were a mountain goat, you wouldn't have slipped and hit your head and we wouldn't be in this awful mess.
如果不是你像野山羊一样想要爬上那座山让我吃惊的话，你就不会跌下来摔到头，我们也就不会像现在这样弄得一团糟了。
7·The mess in America suddenly seems less awful.
于是美国的麻烦突然间似乎不那么可怕了。