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embroil

音標[im'br?il] 讀音

漢語翻譯


vt. 使捲入, 牽連

詞型變化:

名詞:embroilment 動詞過去式:embroiled 過去分詞:embroiled 現在分詞:embroiling 第三人稱單數:embroils 

英文解釋:

動詞 embroil:

  1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
    同義詞:tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in

例句:

  1. John and Peter were quarreling, but Mary refused to get embroiled in it.
    約翰和彼特在爭吵,但瑪麗不願捲入他們的糾紛中。

詳細解釋:


em.broil

v.tr.(及物動詞)
em.broiled,em.broil.ing,em.broils
To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions:
使捲入:使捲入爭論鬥爭或敵對行動:
例句:
.Avoid . . . any step that may embroil us with Great Britain.(Alexander Hamilton)
.避免…任何可能使我們捲入與英國敵對狀態的行動.(亞歷山大·漢密爾頓)

To throw into confusion or disorder; entangle.
使陷入:使陷入混淆或混亂;使糾纏不清

來源:
French embrouiller
法文 embrouiller
en- [intensive pref.] * see en-
en- [加強詞義前綴] *參見 en-
brouiller [to confuse] from Old French * see broil 2
brouiller [混亂] 源自 古法文 *參見 broil2

【引伸】
embroil.ment
n.(名詞)

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