embroil

[US]/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
[UK]/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt.使卷入;使混乱
Word Forms
现在分词embroiling
过去式embroiled
第三人称单数embroils
过去分词embroiled
复数embroils

Phrases & Collocations

embroil in controversy

卷入争议

embroil in conflict

卷入冲突

Example Sentences

be embroiled in a quarrel

卷入争吵中

They embroiled Peter in their quarrel.

他们使彼得卷入了他们的争论。

she became embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew.

她卷入了一场她几乎不认识的两名妇女间的争吵。

the film's about a journalist who becomes embroiled with a nightclub owner.

这部电影讲述的是和一位夜总会老板发生纠纷的记者。

the history of science has become embroiled in religious polemics.

科学的历史已经陷入了宗教的争论。

I didn't want to become embroiled in yet another discussion of office politics and personalities.

我不想卷入另一场办公室权谋和人身攻击的讨论之中。

They become embroiled in a despicable warlord's efforts to bring the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) back to life so he can reawaken his army and unify China.

他们被卷进了一场卑鄙的要将秦始皇复活以唤醒他的军队而统治中国的阴谋中。

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