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

• Because I guess there was some kind of mix-up.
  我想起中肯定有什么失误。
• 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。
• 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。
• Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.
  例如：含有肉毒杆菌毒素的食品，含有未申报的过敏原的食物，抢救用药标签混乱，或有缺陷的人工心脏瓣膜。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We use working names for each directory, so there is no mix-up.
  我们为每一个目录使用工作名称，这样不会混乱。
• 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。