Embroil
[ ɪm'brɔɪl ]
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vt. 使（自己或他人）卷入纠纷;
💡 词根助记
em进入...中+broil使混乱 → 使卷入；使混乱
📝 例句
Avoid.any step that may embroil us with Great Britain(Alexander Hamilton)
避免…任何可能使我们卷入与英国敌对状态的行动(亚历山大 汉密尔顿)
The country at first does not want to become embroil in the battle.
这个国家起初不想卷入到战争中去。
to embroil; to involve ... in; to implicate
连累
The country at first do not want to become embroil in the battle.
这个国家起初不想卷入到战争中去。
1.to encumber; to embroil; to be a burden on 2.an encumbrance
拖累
🌱 联想助记
【记】em-进入,broil-boil沸水:使陷入(混淆或混乱)
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
embroil
v[esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/oneself (in sth) get sb/oneself involved (in a quarrel or difficult situation) 使某人[自己]卷入（争吵或困境中）
I don't want to become embroiled in their arguments. 我不想卷入他们的争论中.
They are embroiled in a war against their will. 他们违背自己的意愿卷入一场战争之中.
🔁 扩展释义
*[im'brɒil]vt. 使卷入, 牵连
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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If this doesn't make you happy, nothing will.
如果这个事情都不能使你高兴趣来的话，就没有其他的办法了。
A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.
借来的斗篷不暖身。
The explanation was simple but very unusual.
解释很简单，却异乎寻常。