No real harm done, but it made a big mess of both the tree and the yard under it. One kind of Halloween mischief.

这并不造成真正的伤害，只是把树和院子搞乱，一种万圣节的恶作剧。

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If an overstretched America plays a lesser role in managing world affairs and no one else steps up, we're going to have a big mess that will harm us all.

如果美国由于过度扩张导致对世界事务的处理能力削弱，而又没有其他国家站出来，我们将面临着无比混乱的局面，所有人都会成为受害者。

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No real harm done, but it made a big mess of both the tree and the yard under it, one kind of Halloween mischief.

这并不造成真正的伤害，只是把树和院子搞乱，一种万圣节的恶作剧。

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Like 1, 000 brown cows in the field melding into one big brown noisy mess chasing the same straw of grass.

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