英语单词 | embroil |
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英美音标 | 英 [ɪm'brɔɪl] 美 [ɪm'brɔɪl] |
中文释义 | v.使卷入;使陷入;牵连 |
英语例句 | (1) I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems. (2) John and Peter were quarreling, but Mary refused to get embroiled in it. |
中文例句 | (1) 我不愿意卷入到他的问题中去。 (2) 约翰和彼特在争吵,但玛丽不愿卷入他们的纠纷中。 |
vocabulary简明 | To embroil is to drag someone in to a mess. If you're embroiled, you're in ... DEEP. It's far worse, far messier, and generally far more long-term, than simply being "involved" with something. Nothing good can come of being embroiled. |
vocabulary扩展 | Embroil can refer to any sort of situation — love affairs, political events, scandals — but it's probably most commonly used in reference to law suits. The classic law suit that embroiled its participants was the fictional one of Jarndyce. v. Jarndyce, in Dickens's novel Bleak House — which went on for so many generations that all the characters' money was eaten up entirely by lawyers' fees. Let us repeat: nothing good comes of getting embroiled. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]使卷入,使陷入(战斗、争论等) If someone embroils you in a fight or an argument, they get you deeply involved in it. [V n [Also V n]
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