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muddledness

/muhd-l/US // ˈmʌd l //UK // (ˈmʌdəl) //

糊涂,浑浑噩噩,浑浊,糊涂虫

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    mud·dled, mud·dling.

    • : to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
    • : to cause to become mentally confused.
    • : to cause to become confused or stupid with or as if with an intoxicating drink.
    • : to make muddy or turbid, as water.
    • : to mix or stir.
    • : Ceramics. to smooth by rubbing it on glass.
v.无主动词 verb
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    mud·dled, mud·dling.

    • : to behave, proceed, or think in a confused or aimless fashion or with an air of improvisation: Some people just muddle along, waiting for their big break.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the state or condition of being muddled, especially a confused mental state.
    • : a confused, disordered, or embarrassing condition; mess.
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    • : muddle through, to achieve a certain degree of success but without much skill, polish, experience, or direction: None of us knew much about staging a variety show, so we just had to muddle through.

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Examples

  • If you follow friends, celebrities, news organizations, humor accounts, and others, all the disparate content will get jumbled together in a muddle.

  • In many other cases, the result of using the tropes of so-called low culture as a vehicle for high-minded commentary has been a misguided, potentially offensive muddle.

  • But the option of replacing a new diplomatic breakthrough with open-ended diplomatic muddle-through is not on the table.

  • Those desperate to find a middle ground in this political muddle could find some silver linings in the survey findings.

  • Meanwhile, the muddle in Malaysia makes it far harder for the searchers to know where to look.

  • That common denominator gets lost in the muddle, sometimes, when we talk about fashion.

  • This is not a moment to get misty-eyed and muddle-headed about freedom of the press or right to know.

  • Now, contrast that awful muddle of unreason and injustice with what you call my "counsels of despair."

  • Here the Scot entered into explanations which threw the Cockney's brain into a complete muddle.

  • I mean—Well, anyhow I take it Mr. Remington stands for constructing a civilised state out of this muddle.

  • It's all a muddle, a compromise, a monstrosity, like everything else you produce; there's nothing in it that goes on all-fours.

  • And I'm a cripple, and she's beautiful—— Oh, my mind's in a muddle!