muddying
present participle ofmuddy
| 单词 | muddying |
| 释义 | muddying present participle ofmuddy muddy verb[T] uk/ˈmʌd.i/us/ˈmʌd.i/to putmud(=wet,stickyearth)into something orcoversomething withmud: Industrialactivityhas muddied theriver. Making things dirty & untidy
Idiommuddy the waters Examplesofmuddyingmuddying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They see this asmuddyingthe distinction between prepositions and conjunctions that 'traditional grammar' upholds (pp. 1012-13). From theCambridge English Corpus The stress is on flexibility, mobility, mediations, machinations, intrigue, sometimes invisibility, and often an ' intentionalmuddyingof the waters ' (p. 113). From theCambridge English Corpus Suchmuddyingof the theoretical waters can be valuable. From theCambridge English Corpus This article has made me reflect on how far we can push our institutions intomuddyingtheir ivory towers with the mess of reallife work practices. From theCambridge English Corpus I am satisfied that the first aim is not necessary and might well have the effect ofmuddyingthe law rather than clarifying it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Research-minded doctors would sense the need to move carefully and would see the importance of notmuddyingthe evidence by using techniques indiscriminately. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If there are no secret reasons, it is merely confusing the issue andmuddyingthe waters to hint at them now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This appears to bemuddyingthe coastal waters even further than is normally the case across international boundaries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This amendment would avoidmuddyingthe waters in the relationship between the police and the public, including past offenders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will they tell us, withoutmuddyingthe waters by referring always to the pupil/teacher ratio? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nor, indeed, would it be true to say that we aremuddyingwaters which have remained undisturbed for years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That has to be done carefully and withoutmuddyingthe waters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, themuddyingof the issue as regards daylight and nightlight is not relevant because there are more nights than dark days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I will tell him who wasmuddyingthe water a moment ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The disagreement may in part stem from amuddyingof two distinct issues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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