embroil

英[ɪm'brɔɪl] 美[ɪm'brɔɪl]
  • v. 使卷入;使陷入;牵连
embroilment embroiled embroiled embroiling embroils
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星级词汇:
  • embank v.以堤围绕;筑堤围堵;以堤防堵挡
    v. (动词)
    1. 使卷入(纠纷)
    2. 使混乱
    3. 使纠缠
    4. 搅乱
    5. 挑动...火并
    6. 使陷入(困境)
    7. 牵连入(事件中)

英英释义

Verb:
  1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action;

    "They were swept up by the events"
    "don't drag me into this business"

1. Any hostilities could result in retaliation and further embroil U.N. troops in fighting.
任何敌对行为都可能招致报复,进而使联合国部队卷入战斗。

来自柯林斯例句

2. If time grew, probable meeting embroil arrives pupil, cause blindness!
假如时间长了, 很可能会牵连到瞳孔, 造成失明!

来自互联网

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems.
      我不愿意卷入到他的问题中去。
    2. John and Peter were quarreling, but Mary refused to get embroiled in it.
      约翰和彼特在争吵,但玛丽不愿卷入他们的纠纷中。