But the mess was not without order.

不过，这种混乱并非没有秩序。

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Kids always cause a mess, but the parents refuse to do anything about their kids' behaviors.

孩子们总是把事情弄得一团糟，但是父母们拒绝对他们孩子的行为做任何事情。

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But the country is a mess.

但是这个国家陷入了一片混乱。

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Then lastly, there are things like the Internet bubble, they're not usually called this, but--the lending bubble where--or the subprime mess.

其次，市场上还存在像互联网泡沫，不经常被提及的贷款泡沫,此外还有次贷危机。

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But in the meantime you see that we can't mess with conventional systems by imposing the individuality of our will on them and expecting anything to change.

所以，我们不能,以个人的意志改变,一个事物在惯例中的意义。

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They profess to have the same values, but the outcome of the execution, implementation of their values is the Iraq War and the mess and the whole mess that we find ourselves in today.

他们公开宣称具有同样的价值观，但他们的价值付诸实施的结果是,是伊拉克战争，是一团糟,我们现在正身处其中。

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When at last he got home, the smell of sausages lingered, but the mess of supper had been cleared away.

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But the mess has yet to be cleared up by the courts.

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But given the mess both Greece and the euro are in, the threat that Athens could yet call the eurozone's bluff won't go away.

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