muddied

英 [ˈmʌdid]

美 [ˈmʌdid]

v.  使变得泥泞; 使浑浊
muddy的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：muddied　过去式：muddied　

BNC.42994 / COCA.34094

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沾满泥的;多泥的;泥泞的
  Something that ismuddycontains mud or is covered in mud.
  1. ...a muddy track...
     泥泞的小道
  2. The ground was still very muddy.
     地上还很泥泞。
  3. ...his muddy boots.
     他沾满泥的靴子
• VERB 使沾上泥
  If youmuddysomething, you cause it to be muddy.
  1. The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes...
     地面还散发着雨后的气息，他们把鞋上弄得全是泥。
  2. His new grey jacket was torn and muddied.
     他新买的灰色夹克被撕破了，还弄上了泥巴。
• ADJ-GRADED 暗褐色的;土黄色的
  Muddyis used to describe a colour which is dull and brownish.
  1. The paper has turned a muddy colour.
     报纸已变成土黄色了。
• VERB 使更为复杂;使难以理解
  If someone or somethingmuddiesa situation or issue, they cause it to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
  1. It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
     即使不把宗教牵扯进去，这个问题也已经够棘手的了。
  2. ...the mixed motives that muddied Mr Crane's efforts.
     使克兰先生的努力变得难以理解的复杂动机

双语例句

• But qe3 has muddied the waters, traders say.
  但交易员表示，qe3把情况搞复杂了。
• But there is a tacit acknowledgment that the commercialisation of the applications process, with many companies offering essay-writing services for MBA applicants, has muddied the waters.
  不过，人们有一种心照不宣的共识：申请流程的商业化（许多企业为MBA申请人提供申请短文写作服务）令情况变得更为复杂。
• For a time die-hard Rightists may have muddied the waters in some organizations so that we could not see to the bottom.
  坚决的右派分子，在一个时候，在一些单位，可以把水搞得很混，使我们看不见底。
• The origin of snakes is a little bit muddied.
  蛇类的起源还不是很清楚。
• During the high tide of the revolution, all kinds of people flocked to join; so inevitably the waters were muddied and the bad became mixed with the good.
  在革命高潮时期，各种人都来参加，未免泥沙俱下，鱼龙混杂。
• Among investment companies the response has been less positive and even the successes have been muddied.
  投资企业的回应就没有那么积极了，就算取得了成功，也被搞糊涂了。
• -Laughter: mood-improving endorphins are released when we laugh, which seems an obvious reason to do it but a 10-year study muddied the waters when it found more laughter is produced by banal comments than jokes.
  2-笑：当我们笑时，会释放改善情绪的安多酚，这个理由看似显而易见。但一项长达10年的研究发现，陈腔滥调比笑话更能引人发笑，这又让人糊涂了。
• The issue is further muddied by different currencies: the Renminbi for Shanghai and Shenzhen, and the Hong Kong dollar.
  计价币种的不同使问题变得更加混乱：沪深交易所使用人民币，香港使用港元。
• At the beginning, someone accidentally fell into the water field with the cart and was muddied all over.
  开始时，不时有人连人带车栽进水田里去，弄得浑身上下泥人一般。
• So when malignant tissue is grown in the laboratory for experiments that test the effects of new drugs, it's possible the results are muddied, Cogle said.
  所以当实验用作检测新药效果的恶性组织在实验室里生长时，我们就有可能等到混淆结果，Cogle说道。