meddle

pronunciation

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  • v.
    干涉,插手
    弄,摸弄,用手玩弄
    参与,发生关系

Word Origin

meddle 干预,管闲事

来自古法语medler,混合,干预,来自拉丁语miscere,混合,搅拌,词源同mix,miscellany.后引申词义干预,管闲事。

Example

1. So by what right can america meddle in its internal politics ?
因此美国又有何权利来干涉伊拉克内政?
2. No need for sarbanes and company to meddle and make newer and stiffer regulations .
也无需萨班斯和公司再狼狈为奸,继续制定一些新的更加严厉的管制措施干涉经济。
3. The publication of official statistics was curtailed , for fear that it would encourage civil servants to meddle .
官方统计数据的公布也被截断,原因是担心这些数据会引发公务员的干涉。
4. In a country where workers routinely take bosses hostage , no one wants to meddle with their right to go camping .
在一个惯常把老板当人质的国度里,没人想要干涉他们去露营的权利。
5. Sending troops to central africa to meddle in an utterly murky conflict is a symptom that the interventionist addiction is growing worse .
向中非派遣军队干涉完全令人住摸不透的冲突是这种干涉成瘾变得越来越严重的征兆。

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