mix-up

英 [ˈmɪks ʌp]

美 [ˈmɪks ʌp]

n.  混乱; 杂乱

复数：mix-ups　

牛津词典

noun

• 混乱；杂乱
  a situation that is full of confusion, especially because sb has made a mistake
  1. There has been a mix-up over the dates.
     日期完全搅乱了。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （计划上的）失误，差错，失败
  Amix-upis a mistake or a failure in the way that something has been planned.
  1. I'm sure it was just some sort of mix-up.
     我相信这只不过是一次失误。
  2. ...a mix-up over travel arrangements.
     旅行安排上的差错

英英释义

noun

• a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
  1. he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw
  Synonym:confusion

双语例句

• I think there's been some kind of mix-up.
  我觉得有一点误会。
• Due to a police mix-up, the robber go free and the victim is jailed.
  由於警察搞混了，小偷逃逸而受害者却入狱了。
• I apologize for the mix-up. 4 I'll handle the damage control.
  我为这些混乱的情况道歉。我会处理损坏控管的。
• Of course I believe you, dan. it's got to be some kind of mix-up.
  我当然相信你，丹。这肯定是被搞混了。
• Tuesday's news report of an another baby mix-up case sadly lent topicality to last night's TV drama on a similar subject.
  星期二新闻报道的另一宗搞错婴儿的案例令人遗憾地使昨晚播出的类似题材的电视剧成为时事性话题。
• The mix-up is all because of a mistranslation in his interview with a major British football magazine.
  这种混乱源于他接受一家英国足球杂志采访时一句不准确的翻译。
• But he then boarded a flight home in a hugely embarrassing mix-up by the Blues.
  但是之后他立刻登上一部航班回国，令蓝军上下感到非常的困惑和混乱。
• But nobody on my flight, or the Qatar flight, confessed to taking it, and since the bag was scruffy, with a very wobbly handle, a mix-up seemed unlikely.
  但不管是我搭乘的航班还是飞往卡塔尔的航班，都没有人承认拿了我的包。由于我的包非常破旧，手柄还是摇摇晃晃的，拿错是不太可能的。
• Due to some administrative mix-up the letters had not been sent out.
  由于行政工作中忙乱出错，这些信件还未发出。
• He contrived to make a mix-up of the whole thing.
  他费尽心机，结果反而把事情弄糟了。