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:
- force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action同義詞:tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
例句:
- 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 2brouiller [混亂] 源自 古法文 *參見 broil2
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embroil.ment
n.(名詞)
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