be in a bollix
常用在 be 动词后作表语，说明某人或某事处于混乱状态。
The whole filing system is in a bollix after the move.
搬完之后，整个档案系统一片混乱。
乱糟糟的一团
confusion; mess
混乱
Confusion.
混乱局面
Mess.
John made a bollix of the kitchen while trying to cook dinner for ten.
约翰想给十个人做晚餐，结果把厨房搞得一团糟。
用法提示：此处 bollix 为名词，意为“一团糟”，在 made a bollix of 中作宾语。
A bollix in the computer system delayed every customer order by a day.
计算机系统出现混乱，每个客户订单都延迟了一天。
用法提示：此处 bollix 为名词，指“混乱状态”，作主语。
We spent the whole morning cleaning up the bollix caused by the move.
我们花了一上午清理搬家造成的混乱。
用法提示：此处 bollix 为名词，指“混乱局面”，作宾语。
常用在 be 动词后作表语，说明某人或某事处于混乱状态。
The whole filing system is in a bollix after the move.
搬完之后，整个档案系统一片混乱。
of 后面接被弄糟的具体事情，bollix 前带不定冠词 a。
She made a bollix of the seating plan for the dinner.
她把晚宴的座位安排搞得一团糟。
bollix 是可数名词，这里用定冠词 the 指双方都清楚的那场混乱。
It took two days to sort out the bollix in the payroll.
理清工资表上的混乱花了两天时间。
grammar · medium
易错句子We are in bollix because the server crashed.
正确表达We are in a bollix because the server crashed.
bollix 是可数名词，单数形式在介词短语中也需要不定冠词 a；in a bollix 表示“处于混乱状态”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The report contained several bollix.
正确表达The report contained several bollixes.
bollix 是可数名词，受 several 修饰时要用复数形式 bollixes；汉语名词没有复数变化，容易漏掉 -es。
grammar · medium
易错句子The schedule was very bollix after the update.
正确表达The schedule was a complete bollix after the update.
bollix 是名词，不能受 very 修饰作形容词；表示“非常混乱”应使用名词短语 a complete bollix 作表语。
两者读音几乎一样，但 bollocks 是英式粗俗词，主要指“胡说、睾丸”，与“混乱”沾边的用法基本只出现在 make a bollocks of 这类动词性搭配里；bollix 拼作 -ix，作名词直接表示“混乱、一团糟”的局面。想说名词“混乱”就用 bollix 或 mess，不要用 bollocks。
botch 指因手艺差而做坏的活儿，更常作动词（botch the job），着眼点是“做坏”这个动作或它的成品；bollix 作名词只描述“混乱、一团糟”的状态，本身不含“手艺拙劣、做坏”的意思。
muddle 强调思路不清，或东西杂乱地混在一起，常见 a muddle of + 名词 的结构；bollix 只是笼统地说“乱、一团糟”，不强调多种东西混杂堆叠这一层。
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