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embroil 音标拼音: [ɛmbr'ɔɪl] vt. 使卷入,牵连 使卷入,牵连 embroil v 1: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" [synonym: {embroil}, {tangle}, {sweep}, {sweep up}, {drag}, {drag in}] Embroil \Em*broil"\, n.
See {Embroilment}. [1913 Webster] Embroil \Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embroiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embroiling}.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) brouiller. See 1st {Broil}, and cf. {Imbroglio}.] 1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife. [1913 Webster] The royal house embroiled in civil war. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble. [1913 Webster] The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so embroiled with ?able and legend. --Addison. Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder; trouble; implicate; commingle. [1913 Webster]
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