John had been through a messy divorce himself.

约翰自己经历过一次棘手的离婚。

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We can't play in a messy room.

我们不能在一个乱糟糟的房间里玩耍。

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It was a messy job.

这是项很脏的工作。

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"It is easy to assume that it can be solved by a messy political compromise between powerful states,"

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Well it was a messy system so you'd only get like ninety cents on the dollar.

它是一个混乱的系统,所以一美元的纸币可能就值九十分了。

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And that's a messy company. No one wants to use that.

公司也会变得一团糟，团队也没人敢用。

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Sales were weak because eating a piece of meat on the go was a messy affair.

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It's also pretty clear that President Banda's office has handled a messy situation with staggering ineptitude.

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Each spring they get into a messy fight trying to write a new one.

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