The Goths and Vandals make a mess of the Roman Empire next, but the last laugh is on them—most of them will become Romanized, eventually speaking Spanish, Italian and so on.

接着哥特人和汪达尔人把罗马帝国折腾得支离破碎，但被笑到最后的却是他们自己，他们中的大多数都罗马化了，最终说的是西班牙语，意大利语这类的语言。

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Now, you have font tags spread throughout the page, these tags clutter up your HTML, increase the time it takes to load and render the page, and generally make a mess of things.

现在字体标签散布在页面中，这些标签使 HTML 支离破碎，增加了加载和呈现页面的时间，而且通常会把事情搞乱。

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He contrived to make a mess of the whole thing.

他挖空心思，反而把事情全盘弄糟了。

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Lower humidity dries out the cork while more humid conditions can make a mess of the labels.

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Moreover, the hassles of the phone business could make a mess of more than just Apple's business model.

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"When you've got a clean shot like this, you don't want to make a mess of the gut, " he said.

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