muddle

['mʌdl]

n.混乱, 糊涂
vt.使混乱, 使糊涂, 弄糟
vi.胡乱应付, 混乱

vt.

1. 将……混在一起[(+together/up)]

Don't muddle things together.

不要把东西混在一起。

2. 弄糟(事情等)

You've muddled the scheme completely.

你把计划完全弄糟了。

3. 使糊涂, 使头脑混乱; (酒等)使醉

I was muddled by too much advice.

提供的意见太多, 把我弄糊涂了。

4. 【美】搅拌

5. 使(水等)浑浊

vi.

胡乱思考; 糊里糊涂地行事

muddle through a task

胡乱做完一件事

n.

糊涂; 混乱状态[S]

When mother came home, she found the house in a muddle.

母亲回到家里, 发现屋子里一片混乱。

词形变化

名词: muddler | 动词过去式: muddled | 动词过去分词: muddled | 动词现在分词: muddling | 动词第三人称单数: muddles |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.混乱

mess  disorder  confusion  chaos  

同义参见:

haze  scrape  confuse  plight  addle  cloud  muddy  dislocate  hash  maze  daze  jumble  

英英释义

名词 muddle:

a confused multitude of things

同义词：clutter, jumble, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother

informal terms for a difficult situation

同义词：fix, hole, jam, mess, pickle, kettle of fish

动词 muddle:

make into a puddle

同义词：puddle

mix up or confuse

同义词：addle, puddle

短语词组

muddle along/on

1. 混日子; 杂乱无章地干下去

He's still muddling along.

他仍然是在糊里糊涂地混日子。

muddle through

1. 胡乱应付过去; 混过(困难时期等)

There were problems, but we muddled through somehow.

困难是有的, 但我们好歹混过来了。

muddle up

1. 混淆

Later they may muddle up your names with those of your cousins.

以后他们可能会把你的名字跟你堂兄弟们的名字相混淆。

make a muddle of

1. 把……弄得一团糟

You have made a muddle of it.

你把事情给弄得一团糟。

补充

muddlemuddle英:[ˈmʌdl] 美:[ˈmʌdl]n.1.糊涂; 混乱, 杂乱The papers are all in a muddle.文件全都乱七八糟的。vt.1.弄乱, 弄糟I wish you wouldn't muddle my books.我希望你别把我的书搞乱了。2.使糊涂vi.1.对付, 混日子

例句

1. I must have muddled their names.我一定是弄混了他们的名字。 2. You're muddling me!你把我搞糊涂了！ 3. Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names.已经有一两个评论者开始把这两个名字弄混。 4. The whole thing is a muddle.整件事是一团乱麻。 5. No one could sort out the muddle of her finances.没有人能理清她那乱七八糟的财务。 6. I'm in a muddle about the dates.我记不清日子。 7. Most of us are in a muddle about what and how to eat.我们多数人搞不清该吃什么、怎么吃。 8. The photos are in a muddle.照片乱成一团。 9. My notes have got in a muddle.我的笔记记得乱七八糟的。 10. He has muddled all the arrangements.他打乱了各项安排。 11. The more you talk, the more you muddle me.你越说我越糊涂了。 12. A glass of whisky soon muddled her.一杯威士忌酒立刻就使她醉了。 13. She muddled all the different kinds of books together on one shelf.她把各种不同类型的书都混放在一个书架上。 14. The bird muddled the brook with its splashings.鸟儿在小河水面上扑腾，把河水搅浑。 15. He always muddled with his homework.他做作业总是敷衍了事。 16. He's still muddling on.他仍在稀里糊涂地干。 17. they were muddling up the cards.他们正在把牌洗乱。 18. he was muddling about in the kitchen.他正在厨房里瞎忙一气。 19. a muddle of plasticine, string, and electric flex.乱七八糟的一堆橡皮泥、绳子和电线。 20. the finances were in a muddle.财务管理杂乱无章。 21. [mass noun]an admirable chairman, she cut through confusion and muddle.她一举清除了混乱状态，这样的董事长令人钦佩。 22. a bureaucratic muddle.官僚作风导致的混乱。 23. students are often left to muddle along.学生们经常被丢在一边自己应付。 24. the words seemed to have got muddled up.这些词似乎被混淆了。 25. a mind muddled by too much advice被太多忠告弄糊涂了的大脑 26. muddle the household accounts把家庭账目弄乱 27. I always get their names muddled (up) [=mixed up] in my mind.我脑子里总是分不清他们的名字。 28. She muddled along for a few years before going to college.上大学前的几年，她过得糊里糊涂。 29. "I had a hard time with the class, but somehow I muddled through. [=got by]"那门课我学得很吃力，但不管怎样我应付过去了。 30. We won't have much money but we'll muddle through [=manage] somehow.我们钱不会多，但是不管怎么样都会应付过去。 31. a muddled story令人困惑的报道 32. "The instructions were so muddled [=confused, confusing] that we couldn't follow them."这份说明书十分费解，我们无法照着操作。 33. Her thoughts were in a muddle. [=she was very confused]她的思绪很混乱。 34. His papers were in a muddle.他的文件乱七八糟的。 35. (chiefly Brit) They got in/into a muddle over the train schedule.他们被火车时刻表弄糊涂了。 36. There's been a bit of a muddle [=mix-up] about the plan.那个计划有些混乱。 37. His mind was a muddle.他心里乱糟糟的。 38. a muddle of documents一堆杂乱的文件