网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 embroil
释义
embroil
verb[T]
uk
/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/us
/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
tocausesomeone tobecomeinvolvedin anargumentor adifficultsituation:
使卷入（纠纷）；使陷入（困境）
She had nodesireto embroil herselfinlengthylawsuitswith thetabloidnewspapers.她不想卷入和那些小报的漫长的官司纠纷中。
TheUnitedNationswasreluctantto getitsforcesembroiledincivilwar.联合国不愿让其维和部队卷入一个国家的内战中。
Synonym
dragsomeoneintosomething
Compare
get caught up insomething(catch)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Taking part and getting involved
  • actor
  • all in
  • along
  • attendee
  • be (a) party tosomethingidiom
  • catch
  • concern
  • hat
  • have a horse in the raceidiom
  • have skin in the gameidiom
  • horse
  • immersion
  • immersive
  • muscle
  • neck
  • plunge
  • plunge in/plunge intosomething
  • punch above your weightidiom
  • re-engage
  • re-engagement
See more results »
(Definition ofembroilfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

embroil| American Dictionary

embroil
verb[T]
us
/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
tocausesomeone or something tobecomeinvolvedin anargumentor adifficultsituation:
The UN wasreluctantto getitsforcesembroiled in anotherwar.
(Definition ofembroilfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofembroil

embroil
This is no doubt a consequence of the prolonged identity crisis that has embroiled the sub-discipline in the past few decades.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This came to naught, as the operation became embroiled in a small war, but there were also reports of increasing deterioration.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The police force also became embroiled in the agitations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He does not develop a political philosophy or take a political stand even though the whole country is embroiled in politics.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the early twentieth century this group became embroiled in conflict with the colonial administration over their legal status.
From theCambridge English Corpus
American leaders who actually propose national health insurance, however, quickly find themselves embroiled in the fight of their lives.
From theCambridge English Corpus
With the movement's leaders embroiled in turf wars within the bureaucracy, the reform effort floundered.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As a result, they became embroiled in power struggles, both directly and indirectly, backing warlords who were sympathetic to their missionary activities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Subsequently, it became increasingly embroiled in a struggle between rival merchant and noble interests for control over private industry.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I felt that reading the book did not force me to become overly embroiled in the debriefing debate.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The other zone encompassed the rest of the world's population, living in lesser developed states, often authoritarian, and occasionally embroiled in internal and external conflicts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The whole process of land acquisition which ensued, however, got embroiled in an inordinately complex bureaucratic process including the tracing of inaccurate land deeds and registration, creating delays and confusion.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Mature movementsembroilinsurgents in intricate and sometimes costly negotiations, but the quiet arrangement of distributive benefits is less of a strain than the visible confrontations with more youthful movements.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this connection, recall my earlier discussion of the hard cases where imaginative and unimaginative judges are embroiled in controversies over the correct way of dealing with statutor y language.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Health care professionals could be embroiled in interagency argument, legal procedures and even judicial review here to oversee such processes and decisions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/embroil##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 1:24:36