She was a good, if messy, cook.

盡管不愛幹淨，她還是個好廚子。

As the work tends to be a bit messy you'll need to wear old clothes.

這個活兒有點髒，你需要穿舊衣服。

Dad cooks when Mum is busy, he makes me clean up my messy room.

媽媽忙的時候爸爸做飯，他還讓我清理我亂糟糟的房間。

Don't worry if this first coat of paint looks messy.

如果這第一層油漆看上去很髒的話，不用擔心。

John had been through a messy divorce himself.

約翰自己也經歷過一次十分棘手的離婚。

Life is a messy and tangled business.

生活就是一件既混亂又複雜的事情。

Negotiations would be messy and time-consuming.

談判既麻煩又耗時間。