imbroglio
发音
英 [ɪmˈbrəʊliəʊ]
美 [ɪmˈbroʊlioʊ]
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- n.
- 一团糟，错综复杂的局面
单词词源
imbroglio 乱局
来自意大利语imbrogliare,来自im-,进入，使，brogliare,蒸，煮，词源同brew,embroil.引申词义煮成一锅，混在一起，混乱，乱局。
双语例句
- 1. Dealing with the regional imbroglio may prove even trickier .
- 处理这些地区间的纠纷可能更加棘手。
- 2. Mr cohen himself has not been named as a defendant now or before , but the complaint places him at the heart of the action in the pharmaceutical imbroglio .
- 科恩自己无论是之前还是现在都没有被起诉过，但是这起诉讼已经将他置于这场医药公司内幕交易风波的中心。
- 3. One way out of the imbroglio , suggests a japanese diplomat , might be for the government to ask prosecutors to impose a nominal fine on the captain and release him .
- 一位日本外交官称，走出尴尬局面的一种方法可能是日本政府要求检察官让该船长上交名义上的罚款，然后释放他。
- 4. In his first imbroglio , the commander in chief found himself trapped between gay-rights activists and his own joint chiefs of staff .
- 在他的第一纠葛总司令发现自己被深陷于同性恋权利激进分子和自己的参谋长联席会议。
- 5. Much of the imbroglio should have been avoided months earlier , said people close to the matter , because yahoo hired a firm to vet mr. thompson 's background .
- 知情人士说，大部分麻烦本来在数月之前就可以避免，原因是雅虎当时聘用了一家公司调查汤普森的背景。