make a mess

基本解释

Hackers generally don't now aim to make a mess; they do it to get cash.
现在的黑客已经不满足于制造混乱，他们以此谋生。
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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To create a new property right would just make a mess unless it could be clearly defined and enforced—and Justice Pitney's quasi-right for news seemed to do neither.
创造一种新的所有权只会制造混乱，除非它能明确的界定和发挥效力，而Pitney’s法官的新闻准产权似乎都做不到。

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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