embroil
英[?m'br??l;em-]
美[?m'br??l]
- vt. 使卷入；使混亂
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?embroils;過去式:?embroiled;過去分詞:?embroiled;現在分詞:?embroiling;
助記提示
inapt 不合適的,笨拙的。
inept 不適當的,笨拙的。
strategy 策略。
stratagem 策略。
embroil 使陷入混亂。
imbroglio 錯綜復雜的局面,糾纏不清。
中文詞源
embroil 使卷入糾紛
em-, 進入，使。-broil, 蒸，煮，詞源同brew. 原指各種原料燉成一鍋。
英文詞源
- embroil (v.)
- c. 1600, "throw into disorder," from French embrouillier "entangle, confuse, embroil" (cognate of Italian imbrogliare), from assimilated form of en- "in" (see en- (1)) + brouiller "confuse," from Old French brooillier (see broil (v.2)). Sense of "involve in a quarrel" is first attested c. 1610. Related: Embroiled; embroiling. Embrangle "mix confusedly" is from 1660s.
雙語例句
- 1. Any hostilities could result in retaliation and further embroil U.N. troops in fighting.
- 任何敵對行為都可能招致報復，進而使聯合國部隊卷入戰斗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. If time grew, probable meeting embroil arrives pupil, cause blindness!
- 假如時間長了, 很可能會牽連到瞳孔, 造成失明!
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