[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]阴暗的;昏暗的 A murky place or time of day is dark and rather unpleasant because there is not enough light.
The large lamplit room was murky with woodsmoke...
木柴冒出的烟把亮着灯的大房间弄得烟雾弥漫。
It happened at Stamford Bridge one murky November afternoon.
这发生在11月一个阴沉的下午,斯坦福德桥上。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](水或雾)污浊的,浑浊的Murky water or fog is so dark and dirty that you cannot see through it.
...the deep, murky waters of Loch Ness.
内斯湖幽深浑浊的湖水
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]暧昧可疑的;不可告人的 If you describe an activity or situation as murky, you suspect that it is dishonest or morally wrong.
[disapproval]
[BRIT 英]
There has been a murky conspiracy to keep them out of power.
有人策划了一个不可告人的阴谋要将他们排斥在权力中心之外。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]含糊不清的;难以理解的 If you describe something as murky, you mean that the details of it are not clear or that it is difficult to understand.
The law here is a little bit murky...
此处的法律条文有点含糊不清。
The origins of bull-riding, which serves no practical purpose, are murkier.
骑牛赛没有实际意义,其起源比较令人费解。
Oxford
murky/ˈmɜːki; NAmEˈmɜːrki/adjective(murk·ier,murki·est)1(of a liquid 液体)not clear; dark or dirty with mud or another substance 浑浊的;污浊的SYN
cloudy
◆She gazed into the murky depths of the water.她注视着那幽暗的水底。2(of air, light, etc. 空气、光等)dark and unpleasant because of smoke, fog,etc. 昏暗的;阴暗的;朦胧的◆a murky night昏暗的夜3( disapprovingorhumorous) (of people's actions or character 人的行为或性格)not clearly known and suspected of not being honest 隐晦的;含糊的;暧昧可疑的◆He had a somewhat murky past.他有一段不清白的过去。◆the murky world of arms dealing黑暗的军火生意murkymurkiermurkiestmurky/ˈmɜːki; NAmEˈmɜːrki/
LDC
murkymurk‧y /ˈmɜːki $ ˈmɜːr-/ adjective
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1dark and difficult to see through: murky water► see thesaurus at
dark
2complicated and difficult to understandSYN obscure: The laws on intellectual property are murky. the murky waters (=complicated subject) of sexuality and jealousy3involving dishonest or illegal activities that are kept secretSYN shady: a murky world of fraud and secret deals a politician with a murky past—murkiness noun [uncountable]
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