imbroglio

n. 纷乱, 纠葛, 一团糟

发音

UK /ɪmˈbɹəʊljəʊ/
US /ɪmˈbɹoʊljoʊ/

词形变化

imbrogli imbroglii imbroglios 复数 imbroglios imbrogli 复数

别名

embroglio

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A complicated situation; an entanglement.

    I could have phoned you with all this, Tallulah, but knowing you as I have over the years, when you and I have both been a party to some of Duncan's little imbroglios, I thought I should talk to you in person.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

embroilment

上位词 4

situation misunderstanding mistaking misinterpretation

词源

Borrowed from Italian imbroglio (“tangle, entanglement, muddle”) (im-, alternative form of in- (prefix forming verbs denoting derivation) + broglio (“confusion; intrigue, fraud, rigging, stuffing”); see also imbrogliare (“to tangle”)), cognate with and probably from an earlier form of French embrouiller (“to embroil, muddle”) (em- (“em-”), a form of en- (“en-”, prefix meaning ‘caused’) + brouiller (“to confuse, mix up”)).

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