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

• One lucky fan in Maryland got the book Tuesday after a mix-up at an online retailer.
  一个在马里兰州的幸运的波特迷在一个网络书商弄混淆后周二就获得了一本。
• 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。
• A lone woman motorist waited for six hours for help yesterday because of a name mix-up
  由于名字搞错了，一位独自开车的女子昨天等候救援的时间长达6小时。
• 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。
• In an effort to put an end to the mix-up, the Swedish and Swiss consulates in Shanghai have launched a competition on the Swedish Consulate website, asking Chinese people to come up with funny ways to help differentiate the two countries.
  为避免混淆，瑞典和瑞士的驻上海领事馆在瑞典使馆的网站上发起了一项比赛邀请中国人想出有趣的办法来区分这两个国家。
• Australia's Next Top Model's two finalists had already made their winner's and loser's speeches when presenter Sarah Murdoch, daughter-in-law of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, revealed the mix-up.
  全澳超模新秀大赛两名决赛候选人已经分别发表了获胜和落败的讲话，但就在这个时候，主持人萨拉·默多克（传播大亨鲁伯特·默多克的儿媳妇）宣布结果弄错了。
• Materials handling procedures should prevent mix-up between irradiated and non-irradiated materials.
  物料处理规程应能防止已辐射品与未辐射品的混淆。
• I'm sorry about the mix-up over the tapes.
  很遗憾，录音带不清楚。
• Because I guess there was some kind of mix-up.
  我想起中肯定有什么失误。
• 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。