embroil

verb
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
[often passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they embroil
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪl/
he / she / it embroils
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪlz/
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪlz/
past simple embroiled
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪld/
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪld/
past participle embroiled
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪld/
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪld/
-ing form embroiling
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪlɪŋ/
🔊/ɪmˈbrɔɪlɪŋ/
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  1. to involve somebody/yourself in an argument or a difficult situation使卷入(纠纷);使陷入(困境);使纠缠于
    • be/become embroiled (in something) He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours.他与邻居们发生了争执。🔊🔊
    • embroil somebody/yourself (in something) I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems.我不愿意卷入到他的问题中去。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French embrouiller ‘to muddle’.