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meddling

/med-l/US // ˈmɛd l //UK // (ˈmɛdəl) //

多管闲事,多管闲事的人,多管闲事的,多事之秋

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    med·dled, med·dling.

    • : to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!

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Examples

  • Thanks to that meddling Franklin and the other editors, Jefferson thought his Declaration had been “mangled.”

  • The obnoxious meddling journalist is a stock character in fiction.

  • He laid the blame firmly on meddling by foreign powers sowing civil disobedience.

  • In return, Egypt has accused Erdogan of making “provocative” statements and meddling in its internal affairs.

  • For months, Russia had been meddling in the affairs of its neighbor Ukraine without having to pay a serious cost.

  • The accused malignants, on the other hand, complained bitterly of the impertinence of meddling fanatics and hypocrites.

  • There was never an ill thing made better by meddling, that I could hear of.

  • He was an ardent reformer of abuses, but with the constitution itself he would have no meddling.

  • The report was merely the outcome of the officious meddling of his physician, Addington, and one of Bute's friends.

  • Dedmon, here, was out of a job—thanks to you and your meddling—and the steering stunt offered good pay.