1·She's making a dreadful mess of things.
她把事情搞得一塌糊涂。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·But Latvia is still in a dreadful mess.
可拉脱维亚依然一片愁云惨淡。
3·Inside the room a dreadful mess greeted us.
当我进入房间，眼前是一堆乱七八糟的东西。
4·Finally, making a dreadful mess, they devour the fruit.
最后，他们狼吞虎咽地吃起了水果，果汁滴得到处都是。
5·In short, it is a dreadful mess, with no obvious way out.
简言之，这是一个没有明显出路的烂摊子。
6·Never take your work home! Work is something endless and would be likely to make your life a dreadful mess as it may plunge you into the pit of stress.
请你不要将工作带回家，因为工作是永远都做不完的。这样无疑会让你陷入不能自拔的压力之中，把你弄得一团乱。
7·In late October 1947, oppressed with "wretched health", Orwell recognised that his novel was still "a most dreadful mess and about two-thirds of it will have to be retyped entirely".
1947年十月下旬，烦于“糟透的病况”，奥威尔承认他的小说依然陷于“最艰难的困境以及还有三分之二的内容需要完全重新打过”。