muddle

muddle

英 ['mʌd(ə)l]
　　美 ['mʌdl]

vt. 混合；使咬字不清晰；使微醉
　　n. 糊塗；困惑；混濁狀態
　　vi. 胡亂思考；糊裡糊塗地行事

中文詞源：

muddle 攪混

來自mud,泥漿，-le,表反復。引申詞義攪混，使困惑，雜亂。

例句：

1. We will muddle through and just play it day by day.
我們會應付過關的，就一天一天地演吧。

2. We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
我們開始混淆皇室大傢庭和君主制這兩個概念瞭。

3. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
這些法律導致瞭困惑、混亂和數年的耽擱。

4. Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names.
一兩個評論傢已經開始把這兩個名字弄混瞭。

5. I've arranged the books alphabetically so don't muddle them up.
我已按字母順序把這些書整理瞭,千萬不要再弄亂.