A mess — a plan that has gone wrong because of confusion, a mistake, or bad organisation. A computer snafu stops the payments going out; a scheduling snafu puts two meetings in the same room.

A mess一團亂 a plan that has gone wrong因為...而搞砸的計畫 because of confusion, a mistake, or bad organisation混亂、失誤，或組織不良 A computer snafu電腦出包 stops the payments going out會讓付款發不出去 a scheduling snafu排程出包 puts two meetings in the same room會讓兩場會議撞到同一間房間

Informal, and much more common in American English.

Informal非正式用語 and much more common in American English在美式英語裡遠比英式英語常見

Two things are worth knowing about how it feels. It points at muddle rather than disaster: a snafu is annoying and embarrassing, something you have to sort out, not a tragedy. And it usually blames a system, not a person — offices, airlines, governments, and computers have snafus.

Two things are worth knowing有兩件事值得知道 about how it feels關於這個字的語感 It points at muddle rather than disaster它指的是混亂而不是災難 a snafu is annoying and embarrassingsnafu 是煩人又尷尬的 something you have to sort out需要你去處理的事 not a tragedy不是悲劇 And it usually blames a system, not a person而且它通常怪罪的是系統，不是某個人 offices, airlines, governments, and computers have snafus辦公室、航空公司、政府，和電腦都會有 snafu

Newspapers like it because it is short and fits a headline. You will hear "a bit of a snafu", "the whole thing was a snafu", "after last week's snafu".

Newspapers like it報紙喜歡用它 because it is short and fits a headline因為它短，適合當標題 You will hear你會聽到 "a bit of a snafu", "the whole thing was a snafu", "after last week's snafu"「a bit of a snafu」、「the whole thing was a snafu」、「after last week's snafu」這樣的說法

The word began as army slang in the Second World War, made from the first letters of "situation normal, all fucked up" — a soldier's joke that being in a mess IS the normal state of things. Most people who use it today have no idea about that, and it is now mild enough for the news, though the origin means some older speakers still hear something rude in it.

The word began as army slang in the Second World War這個字源自二戰時期的軍隊俚語 made from the first letters of "situation normal, all fucked up"是「situation normal, all fucked up」的字首縮寫 a soldier's joke that being in a mess IS the normal state of things一種士兵式的玩笑，說亂糟糟本來就是正常狀態 Most people who use it today今天大部分使用這個字的人 have no idea about that根本不知道這件事 and it is now mild enough for the news而且它現在溫和到可以上新聞 though the origin means不過因為這個來源 some older speakers still hear something rude in it有些年紀較大的人聽起來還是覺得有點粗俗