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单词 muddled
释义
muddledmud‧dled /ˈmʌdld/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • This formula movie is much too violent and muddled.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But don't get muddled between goals and objectives.
  • My beliefs about money were hopelessly muddled and contradictory.
  • My mind, once sound as a bell, became muddled and confused.
  • No alcohol to dull the nerves; no soothing glow to warm the chill of despair into a muddled kind of peace.
  • No wonder viewers often get the two Jennys muddled and call me Jenny Seagrove.
  • Transitory, a panacea to stop the wail of the poor muddled infant: one that didn't even work for long.
  • Where on earth had she got her muddled values from?
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatornot clear
· It is unclear how the man died.· The instructions aren't very clear.· The terms of our tenancy agreement are somewhat unclear.· The reasons for his resignation are still not clear.unclear/not clear about · His ideas are good, but he's very unclear about how he's going to achieve them.unclear/not clear whether/what/why etc · It's not clear why Parks didn't go straight to the police.· It is unclear whether the she will agree to the new arrangements.
having more than one possible meaning and therefore confusing and unclear: · The document's ambiguous wording makes it very difficult to follow.deliberately ambiguous (=intended to be difficult to understand): · The last part of her letter was deliberately ambiguous.
words or statements that are imprecise are unclear because they do not describe or explain something in an exact way when this is necessary: · Many of the terms used in this book are imprecise.· She gave me directions to the hotel, but they were, shall we say, somewhat imprecise.
unclear, especially because not enough details are given: · There have been vague rumours of a coup.vague idea: · I only had a vague idea of where the place was.vague about: · He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school.
a confusing situation, story, explanation, etc is difficult to understand because there does not seem to be any clear pattern or order to it: · The kidnappers issued a series of confusing demands.· I found the book really confusing. I kept forgetting who the characters were.· Cricket can be a pretty confusing game for non-players.
if something that someone tells you is muddled or garbled , it is very unclear and confusing because they themselves have not really understood it very well: · I heard a garbled version of the story from one of my students.· Conroy made some muddled statement about how company policy has to be observed in these situations.· The old woman's directions were so garbled that I just rolled up the window and drove on.
unintelligible speech or writing is impossible to understand, for example because the words are not clear or it is written very badly: · Her note was practically unintelligible.· I liked the music but the lyrics were completely unintelligible.
confused:  muddled thinking The situation today is very muddled.
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