| 单词 | meddle |
| 释义 | med·dle /ˈmedl/ verb [intransitive] 1 INTERFEREto deliberately try to influence or change a situation that does not concern you, or that you do not understand 干预，干涉；管闲事 SYN interferemeddle in I don’t like other people meddling in the way I run this prison. 我不喜欢别人干涉我怎么管理这个监狱。 He accused the US of meddling in China’s internal affairs. 他指责美国干涉中国内政。meddle with I’m not the sort of newspaper owner who meddles with editorial policy. 我不是那种干涉编辑方针的报社老板。2 TOUCH British English to touch something which you should not touch, especially in a careless way that might break it 胡乱摆弄meddle with You have no right to come in here meddling with my things. 你无权进来乱弄我的东西。 —meddler noun [countable] —meddling noun [uncountable] —meddling adjective [only before noun] meddling politicians 喜欢乱插手的政客→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmeddle• Nobody helped anybody, nobody meddled.• Since the mid-1990s, the censors have meddled a great deal more.• Of course we should not endlessly meddle and interfere with the electricity industry in Northern Ireland.• Church leaders shouldn't meddle in politics.• Or a man who meddled in the black arts?• But to see, to meddle, to intrude, that was Lionel all over.• To them, she appeared an interfering busybody, a pushy incomer meddling with their heritage.• Most of us don't know our neighbors well enough to meddle with their lives.meddling ... affairs• Gelbard in turn was accused by the government of meddling in national affairs.• And if you didn't insist on meddling in large affairs that affect the globe, you would actually be charming.Origin meddle (1200-1300) Old French mesler, medler, from Latin miscere “to mix”med·dle verbChineseSyllable Corpus deliberately to or to change situation that influence a try |
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