mud·dleBrE/ˈmʌdl/NAmE/ˈmʌdl/verbpresent simple - I / you / we / theymuddleBrE/ˈmʌdl/NAmE/ˈmʌdl/present simple - he / she / itmuddlesBrE/ˈmʌdlz/NAmE/ˈmʌdlz/past simplemuddledBrE/ˈmʌdld/NAmE/ˈmʌdld/past participlemuddledBrE/ˈmʌdld/NAmE/ˈmʌdld/ -ing formmuddlingBrE/ˈmʌdlɪŋ/NAmE/ˈmʌdlɪŋ/(especiallyBrE) toputthingsinthewrongorderormixthemup弄乱;搅混◆~sthDon'tdothat—you'remuddlingmypapers. 别动,你会弄乱我的文件的。◆~sthupTheirletterswereallmuddleduptogetherinadrawer. 他们的信都乱七八糟地放在一个抽屉里。~sb (up)toconfusesb使困惑;使糊涂◆Slowdownalittle—you'remuddlingme. 说慢点儿,你都把我搞糊涂了。~sb/sth (up) | ~A (up) withBtoconfuseonepersonorthingwithanother混淆;搅混;分不清SYNmix sth↔up◆Imuddledthedatesandarrivedaweekearly. 我搞错了日期,早到了一个星期。◆Hegotallmuddledupaboutwhatwentwhere. 他对什么东西放在哪里全然记不清了。◆Theylooksoalike, Ialwaysgetthemmuddledup. 他们看上去那么像,我总是把他们给搞混了。●ˌmuddleaˈlong(especiallyBrE) tocontinuedoingsthwithoutanyclearplanorpurpose混日子;得过且过◆Wecan'tjustkeepmuddlingalonglikethis. 我们不能就这样混日子。●ˌmuddleˈthroughtoachieveyouraimseventhoughyoudonotknowexactlywhatyouaredoinganddonothavethecorrectequipment, knowledge, etc.胡乱应付过去◆We'llmuddlethroughsomehow. 我们能想办法应付过去。
mud·dleBrE/ˈmʌdl/NAmE/ˈmʌdl/noun(especiallyBrE) [C, usually sing.]astateofmentalconfusion糊涂;困惑;茫然◆Canyoustartfromthebeginningagain—I'minamuddle. 请你从头再来一遍吧,我还是搞不清楚。[C, usually sing., U]~ (about/oversth)asituationinwhichthereisconfusionaboutarrangements, etc. andthingsaredonewrong(局面)一团糟,混乱◆Therewasamuddleoverthetheatretickets. 戏票问题搞得一团糟。◆Therefollowedalongperiodofconfusionandmuddle. 接下来是很长一段时间的困惑和混乱。[C, usually sing., U]astateofconfusioninwhichthingsareuntidy混乱;乱七八糟SYNmess◆Mypapersareallinamuddle. 我的文件混乱不堪。