embroil 词态变化
第三人称单数: embroils;过去式: embroiled;过去分词: embroiled;现在分词: embroiling;
embroil 中文词源
embroil 使卷入纠纷em-, 进入,使。-broil, 蒸,煮,词源同brew. 原指各种原料炖成一锅。
embroil 英文词源
- embroil (v.)
- c. 1600, "throw into disorder," from French embrouillier "entangle, confuse, embroil" (cognate of Italian imbrogliare), from assimilated form of en- "in" (see en- (1)) + brouiller "confuse," from Old French brooillier (see broil (v.2)). Sense of "involve in a quarrel" is first attested c. 1610. Related: Embroiled; embroiling. Embrangle "mix confusedly" is from 1660s.
embroil 英文释义
- 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"
embroil 双语例句
- 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!
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