muddle
n. 糊塗,困惑; 混亂,雜亂
vt. 弄亂,弄糟; 使糊塗; 使微醉; 使咬字不清晰
vi. 對付; 混日子
If people or things are in a muddle, they are in a state of confusion or disorder.
My thoughts are all in a muddle...
我的思維陷入一片混亂。
We are going to get into a hopeless muddle.
我們就要陷入無可救藥的混亂。
If you muddle things or people, you get them mixed up, so that you do not know which is which.
Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names...
一兩個評論家已經開始把這兩個名字弄混了。
We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
我們開始混淆皇室大家庭和君主制這兩個概念了。
1. a confused multitude of things
2. informal terms for a difficult situation;
1. make into a puddle;
2. mix up or confuse;
muddle through
胡亂應付過去:以毫無組織的方式應付過去而得到一個還不錯的結果
muddle along/through
差強人意地應付,設法應付
muddle something up
混淆
If everyone acts as he pleases, everything will be in a muddle.
要是各行其是, 那就亂套了.
I was a muddle that I didn't know what day it was.
今天是星期幾?今天是星期六.我頭腦糊塗了,竟不知道這天是星期幾.
Don't work in a rush and get into a muddle.
克服忙亂現象.
The work was difficult, but he managed somehow to muddle through.
工作相當困難; 但他居然糊里糊塗地應付過去了.
He managed to muddle through university.
他設法混過了大學這一關.