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单词 murky
释义
murky
adjective
uk
/ˈmɜː.ki/us
/ˈmɝː.ki/

murkyadjective(DARK/DIRTY)

darkanddirtyordifficulttoseethrough:
黑暗的；不清楚的；肮脏的
Theriverwasbrownand murky after thestorm.暴风雨过后，河水变成了褐色，浑浊不清。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Opaque
  • cloudy
  • dense
  • frosted
  • impenetrably
  • mist
  • misty
  • murk
  • opaque
  • thick
  • turbid
  • turbidity
  • ultra-dense

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Describing bad weather

murkyadjective(UNPLEASANT SITUATION)

used todescribeasituationthat iscomplicatedandunpleasant, and about which manyfactsare notclear:
（形势）复杂难懂的，不明朗的
Hebecameinvolvedin the murkyworldofinternationaldrug-dealing.他卷入了阴暗复杂的跨国贩毒生意中。
I don'twantto get into the murkywatersoffamilyarguments.我不想趟家庭纠纷这道浑水。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complicated and difficult to do
  • advanced
  • ambitious
  • ambitiously
  • another
  • arduous
  • fierce
  • formidable
  • formidably
  • get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
  • grail
  • obstinately
  • onerous
  • overdemanding
  • painstaking
  • picnic
  • tricky
  • tuff
  • ultra-sensitive
  • unresolved
  • unsolved
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Uncertainty
(Definition ofmurkyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

murky| American Dictionary

murky
adjective
us
/ˈmɜr·ki/
darkorcloudy:
murkywaters
Themoviehasdumbcharactersand a murkyplot(= it isdifficulttounderstand).
(Definition ofmurkyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmurky

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Immobilism which tends to occur in such systems is reinforced by themurkyaccountability in terms of responsibility of specific political outcomes.
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It shows a young woman, at the pier's edge, her hand on one of its timbers, eyeing themurkywaters that await her.
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First, it loads them with what some of them would perceive asmurkyonto logical baggage.
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Devaluation was a possibility but the future wasmurky, as the government had not given any indication of its course.
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Yet the history of this break and its politics ismurky.
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Indeed, even the formulation of the question wasmurky.
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It's much more complicated, a lot moremurky.
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It sheds much light on themurkyworld of pleadings, court procedures and the conduct of trials, while frankly admitting what remains unknown.
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It is also irritating that the book contains few overt references to other critics, no index, no bibliography, few footnotes and rathermurkychapter titles.
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This latter episode is still rathermurky, and it is a pity that there are only four documents dealing with it here.
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On the face of it, this also flouts transparency leaving amurkyregion of discretion.
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It's a bit deeper and murkier than that.
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Things seem clear in hindsight, but in the middle of the crisis they are verymurky.
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We must be clear when there are answers on which most reasonable observers agree and when we are exploring uncharted territory ormurkywaters.
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Of course "masculinity studies" itself is a problem in that what it actually comprises is quitemurky.
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