a lack of order or organization in a situation or a place 混乱;紊乱 - in/into disarray
The peace talks broke up in disarray. 和谈在混乱中破裂了。 Our plans were thrown into disarray by her arrival. 我们的计划因她的到来而陷入一片混乱。 We’re decorating, so everything’s in complete disarray at home. 我们正在装修,所以家里一切都乱七八糟。
Extra ExamplesThe meeting broke up in disarray. 会议在一片混乱中散会了。 a period of disarray within the National Party 国家党内部的一段混乱时期 She ran down the stairs, her hair in disarray. 她跑下楼梯,头发凌乱。 The Inca empire fell into disarray 印加帝国陷入混乱 The flat was in some disarray. 公寓有些乱。 The party's election campaign is in total disarray. 该党的选举造势活动处于一片混乱之中。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- total
- utter
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- fall into
- throw something into
- in disarray
- disarray within
- a state of disarray
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French dissairay.- in/into disarray