embroil

英 [ɪm'brɔɪl] 美 [ɪm'brɔɪl]

• v. 使卷入；使陷入；牵连

详尽释义

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"
   

例句

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。

经典引文

• Although he enjoyed..making speeches on controversial subjects, he disliked embroiling himself.

  出自： M. Meyer

• I did not mean to get embroiled in this.

  出自： J. M. Coetzee

词汇搭配

• embroil oneself in 使某人卷入纠纷...
• embroil someone in 使某人卷入纠纷...

近反义词

【近义词】

• involve 包含
• entangle 使 ... 纠缠
• enmesh 使绊住
• ensnare 诱捕
• entrap 诱捕
• catch 赶上
• drag in 拉进
• sweep 打扫
• drag 拖
• tangle 缠结
• sweep up 打扫