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muddle

英 ['mʌd(ə)l] 美['mʌdl]
  • vt. 混合;使咬字不清晰;使微醉
  • n. 糊涂;困惑;混浊状态
  • vi. 胡乱思考;糊里糊涂地行事

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词态变化


第三人称单数: muddles;过去式: muddled;过去分词: muddled;现在分词: muddling;

助记提示


1. perhaps frequentative formation from mud.

中文词源


muddle 搅混

来自mud,泥浆,-le,表反复。引申词义搅混,使困惑,杂乱。

英文词源


muddle (v.)
1590s, "destroy the clarity of" (a transferred sense); literal sense ("to bathe in mud") is from c. 1600; perhaps frequentative formation from mud, or from Dutch moddelen "to make (water) muddy," from the same Proto-Germanic source. Sense of "to make muddy" is from 1670s; that of "make confused" first recorded 1680s. Meaning "to bungle" is from 1885. Related: Muddled; muddling.
muddle (n.)
1818, from muddle (v.).

双语例句


1. We will muddle through and just play it day by day.
我们会应付过关的,就一天一天地演吧。

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2. We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
我们开始混淆皇室大家庭和君主制这两个概念了。

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3. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
这些法律导致了困惑、混乱和数年的耽搁。

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4. Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names.
一两个评论家已经开始把这两个名字弄混了。

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5. I've arranged the books alphabetically so don't muddle them up.
我已按字母顺序把这些书整理了,千万不要再弄乱.

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