英 [ˈbɔːlz ʌp] 美 [ˈbɔːlz ʌp]
n. 一团糟，混乱
balls-up //
可数名词 If you make a balls-up of something, you do it very badly and make a lot of mistakes. 一团糟
He's made a real balls-up of this.
他把这事弄得一团糟。
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一团糟，混乱
chaos / disorder / confusion / involvement / mix
He's made a real balls-up of this.
他把这事弄得一团糟。
I made a real balls-up of my exams.
我考试考得一塌糊涂。
Intense balls of flame rose up into the sky.
炙热的火球冲上天空。
But the sight of workers wearing white protective suits and gloves hauling in tons of oil-contaminated waste - including bags of sandy tar balls, vegetation,used oil booms, rags and other clean-up supplies - has caused alarm among some Gulf coast communities.
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So, 13 backscattered. TAs, if you can maybe pick up these ping-pong balls for me.
把这些球捡起来，我觉得如果，我摔倒一定很搞笑。
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With the same gusto with which he puts poorly-briefed Ministers to the sword, he described it as a "balls-up".
Her instinct tells her to prepare, her hand making renewed, abrupt contact with the knife, even though two of the youths appear indifferent to her and are religiously chewing qaat and arguing, bansheelike, about yesterday's match between Arsenal and Manchester United, and agreeing that the referee made a balls-up of the game by unfairly red-carding the Gunners' captain.
The captain reached his seventh one-day century two balls before Raina brought up his own half-ton, off what was the final ball of the innings.