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Disarray is the state of being or not organised. A room in disarray has clothes on the floor and no clear place for anything. A desk in disarray is buried in papers.
Disarray混亂、凌亂is the state of being untidy or not organised是指一種雜亂、沒有條理的狀態。A room in disarray一個disarray的房間has clothes on the floor and no clear place for anything衣服丟得滿地都是，東西也沒有固定的位置。A desk in disarray而一張disarray的書桌is buried in papers則是被文件淹沒。
People also use it for plans, teams, and feelings: a company in disarray has no clear leader; a person in emotional disarray cannot think in a straight line.
People人們also use it for plans, teams, and feelings也會用這個字來形容計畫、團隊，和情緒：a company in disarray像是disarray的公司has no clear leader沒有明確的領導者；a person in emotional disarray而情緒disarray的人cannot think in a straight line則沒辦法有條理地思考。
It is a little formal. In everyday talk you might just say “a mess.” News writers like it because it sounds serious, not childish.
It它is a little formal算是有點正式的字。In everyday talk在日常對話裡，you might just say "a mess"可能就直接說「a mess（一團糟）」。News writers新聞寫作的人like it喜歡用這個字，because it sounds serious, not childish因為聽起來比較正式，不像小孩子的用語。
You will also meet the verb: to throw something into disarray is to make that mess happen, often suddenly. The usual patterns are in disarray and throw/fall into disarray, not a simple “they disarrayed the room.”
You你will also meet the verb也會遇到它的動詞用法：to throw something into disarray把某個東西throw into disarrayis to make that mess happen就是讓那種混亂發生，often suddenly通常是突然發生的。The usual patterns常見的用法是are in disarray in disarrayand throw/fall into disarray和throw/fall into disarray這兩種，not a simple "they disarrayed the room"而不是簡單說「they disarrayed the room」。
組成dis- (not / apart) + array (to put in order, to line things up). From older French desareer: to undo the lining-up. So the word is “the opposite of being lined up.”
同家族的字
- arraythe ‘in order’ piece: an array is things set out in a line or a set
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
disarrayverb/dɪsəˈɹeɪ/
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To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
- Who with fiery steeds / Oft disarray'd the foes in battle ranged.
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To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
- So as she bad, that witch they disaraid
disarraynoun/dɪsəˈɹeɪ/
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A lack of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
- So, in order to apply a good medicine to the hurt parts of the wildish psyche, in order to aright relationship to the archetype of the Wild Woman, one has to name the disarrays of the psyche accurately.
- Tottenham pushed forward in an attempt to complete the recovery - but only succeeded in leaving themselves wide open to Chelsea's attacks and Redknapp's side ended in total disarray.
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Confused attire; undress; dishabille.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。