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单词 imbroglio
释义
imbroglio
noun[C]
formal
uk
/ɪmˈbrəʊ.li.əʊ/us
/ɪmˈbroʊ.li.oʊ/
pluralimbroglios
anunwanted,difficult, andconfusingsituation,fulloftroubleandproblems:
错综复杂的局面，困局
TheSovietUnionbecameanxioustowithdrawitssoldiersfrom theAfghanimbroglio.苏联变得急于想把它的军队从阿富汗困局中撤出来。
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(Definition ofimbrogliofrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimbroglio

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It struck me that these three articles can be read asimbroglioin that they offer contest, or dissonant engagement, more than seamless convergence.
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Goodwin himself provides some tantalizing testimony regarding this politico-linguisticimbroglio.
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There seems to be an unholyimbroglioas to where we stand in procedure with regard to the whole matter.
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So now we are faced with animbroglioof questions.
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These powers may create a situation in which this country might be drawn into an internationalimbroglio.
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It is this which has led to thisimbroglioof difficulties.
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The rumours were around long before theimbrogliothis weekend.
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Indeed, they might be quite glad of an opportunity to withdraw as gracefully as possible from this whole unrewardingimbroglio.
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But suppose things go a little wrong; suppose, as is quite likely, the balance of the terms of trade changes against us; suppose we have some foreignimbroglio.
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We should try to see ourselves as one of the parties to theimbroglio—and not as some kind of impartial referee of a little local conflict.
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This means that in any humanimbroglioinvolving people of more than one generation, the point of view of the youngest participant is almost bound to be the most important.
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As many more than seven weeks have elapsed since the problem came to public attention, he cannot be absolved of responsibility for theimbroglioin which we find ourselves.
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In 1989, he was amnestied and a resumption of the procedure was struck down because of a legalimbroglio.
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An intricate, complicated plot is called an "imbroglio", but even the simplest statements of plot may include multiple inferences, as in traditional ballads.
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The plot of the book is animbroglioin that it revolves around continents, various sequences and many causes and effects.
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