学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3378 embroil

 今天我们要学的词是 embroil¹.

 

embroil 的意思是卷入，牵连。 U.S. national security adviser² John Bolton departed on Saturday for a trip to Japan and South Korea, two key allies of Washington that are embroiled³ in a trade dispute. 美国国家安全顾问博尔顿周六前往日本和韩国访问，这两个美国主要盟友正卷入贸易争端。

 

1 embroil   

vt.拖累；牵连；使复杂

参考例句：

• I was reluctant to embroil myself in his problems.我不愿意卷入到他的问题中去。
• Please do not embroil me in your squabbles.请别把我牵连进你们的纠纷里。

2 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

3 embroiled   

adj.卷入的；纠缠不清的

参考例句：

• He became embroiled in a dispute with his neighbours. 他与邻居们发生了争执。
• John and Peter were quarrelling, but Mary refused to get embroiled. 约翰和彼得在争吵，但玛丽不愿卷入。 来自《简明英汉词典》