muddle

verb

1. 弄乱；搅混
   to put things in the wrong order or mix them up
   1. Don't do that─you're muddling my papers.
      别动——你会弄乱我的文件的。
   2. Their letters were all muddled up together in a drawer.
      他们的信都乱七八糟地放在一个抽屉里。
2. 使困惑；使糊涂
   to confuse sb
   1. Slow down a little─you're muddling me.
      说慢点儿——你都把我搞糊涂了。
3. 混淆；搅混；分不清
   to confuse one person or thing with another
   1. I muddled the dates and arrived a week early.
      我搞错了日期，早到了一个星期。
   2. He got all muddled up about what went where.
      他对什么东西放在哪里全然记不清了。
   3. They look so alike, I always get them muddled up .
      他们看上去那么像，我总是把他们给搞混了。

noun

1. 糊涂；困惑；茫然
   a state of mental confusion
   1. Can you start from the beginning again─I'm in a muddle .
      请你从头再来一遍吧——我还是搞不清楚。
2. （局面）一团糟，混乱
   a situation in which there is confusion about arrangements, etc. and things are done wrong
   1. There was a muddle over the theatre tickets.
      戏票的管理问题一团糟。
   2. There followed a long period of confusion and muddle.
      接下来是很长一段时间的困惑和混乱。
3. 混乱；乱七八糟
   a state of confusion in which things are untidy
   1. My papers are all in a muddle .
      我的文件混乱不堪。

1. N-VAR 糊涂;困惑；混乱状态
   If people or things are in a muddle, they are in a state of confusion or disorder.
   1. My thoughts are all in a muddle...
      我的思维陷入一片混乱。
   2. We are going to get into a hopeless muddle.
      我们就要陷入无可救药的混乱。
   3. ...a general muddle of pencils and boxes...
      凌乱堆放的铅笔和铅笔盒
   4. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
      这些法律导致了困惑、混乱和数年的耽搁。
   5. ...domestic muddles and family tensions.
      混乱的国内形势和紧张的家庭关系
2. VERB 搞混;弄乱
   If you muddle things or people, you get them mixed up, so that you do not know which is which.
   1. Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names...
      一两个评论家已经开始把这两个名字弄混了。
   2. We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
      我们开始混淆皇室大家庭和君主制这两个概念了。
   3. Muddle up means the same as muddle .
      muddle up同 muddle
   4. The question muddles up three separate issues...
      这个提问把3件不同的事情混为一谈。
   5. He sometimes muddles me up with other patients.
      他有时把我误当成其他患者。

1. The best we can do is try to stay cool and muddle through.
   我们能做的顶多就是设法保持冷静，蒙混过关。
2. He got himself into a frightful muddle
   他把自己卷进了一个不可收拾的乱摊子。
3. My thoughts are all in a muddle
   我的思维陷入一片混乱。
4. We are going to get into a hopeless muddle.
   我们就要陷入无可救药的混乱。
5. The laws led to confusion, muddle and years of delay.
   这些法律导致了困惑、混乱和数年的耽搁。
6. Already, one or two critics have begun to muddle the two names
   一两个评论家已经开始把这两个名字弄混了。
7. We are beginning to muddle the extended royal family and the monarchy.
   我们开始混淆皇室大家庭和君主制这两个概念了。
8. We will muddle through and just play it day by day
   我们会应付过关的，就一天一天地演吧。
9. The failure has helped to drive Labour even further into a no-man's land of ideological muddle.
   失败使得工党内部的意识形态混乱局面进一步加剧。
10. You are currently in a muddle where financial and emotional concerns are tangled together.
    你眼下头脑不清了，对于金钱和感情的忧虑交织在了一起。
11. Everything in the room was in a muddle.
    房间里每一件东西都是乱七八糟的。
12. If everyone acts as he pleases, everything will be in a muddle.
    要是各行其是，那就乱套了。
13. Don't work in a rush and get into a muddle.
    克服忙乱现象。
14. I muddle along from day to day.
    我是混一天算一天。
15. You are getting the papers into a muddle.
    你把文件都搞乱了。
16. I wish you wouldn't muddle my books and drawings.
    我希望你别把我的书和画搞乱了。
17. You're going to get in the most terrible muddle.
    你将陷人极大的混乱中。
18. My papers are all in a muddle.
    我的文件混乱不堪。
19. I hate all this muddle& I'll have to tidy it up.
    我讨厌这一片混乱&我不得不把它整理一下。
20. I have the answers to your emotional muddle.
    我可以解开你情绪上的混乱。
21. The report and the debate that came with it reflect a wider intellectual muddle about the nature of reforms.
    该报告和随之而来的争论表明，知识界对改革性质的认识出现了混乱。
22. There is nothing worse than a muddle in all the world.
    世界上最糟糕的事情莫过于思想混乱了。
23. Everything was in a muddle and I couldn't find what I wanted.
    一切都乱七八糟，我找不到我要的东西。
24. Her feelings for him are such a muddle.
    她对他的感情一片混乱。
25. Decide what you want in life, don't just muddle along.
    确定你人生的目标，不要混日子。
26. Stop talking, or you'll muddle me completely.
    别说了，要不你把我全搞糊涂了。
27. I believe it underlies some of the divisions and some of the muddle we experience.
    我认为，这是我们所经历的某些分歧和困惑的原因。
28. One problem with the current legislative proposals is that they tend to muddle these aims.
    现行立法提案的一个问题是：他们往往混淆了这些目标。
29. My advice to you: continue to muddle through as best you can.
    我自己的建议是：你要继续尽可能好地应付过去。

muddle along

1. 混日子；得过且过
   to continue doing sth without any clear plan or purpose
   1. Don't do that─you're muddling my papers.
      别动——你会弄乱我的文件的。
   2. Their letters were all muddled up together in a drawer.
      他们的信都乱七八糟地放在一个抽屉里。

muddle through

1. 胡乱应付过去
   to achieve your aims even though you do not know exactly what you are doing and do not have the correct equipment, knowledge, etc.
   1. I muddled the dates and arrived a week early.
      我搞错了日期，早到了一个星期。
   2. He got all muddled up about what went where.
      他对什么东西放在哪里全然记不清了。
   3. They look so alike, I always get them muddled up .
      他们看上去那么像，我总是把他们给搞混了。

noun

1. informal terms for a difficult situation
   1. he got into a terrible fix
   2. he made a muddle of his marriage

   Synonym:    fixholejammesspicklekettle of fish

2. a confused multitude of things

   Synonym:    clutterjumblefuddlemare's nestweltersmother

verb

1. mix up or confuse
   1. He muddled the issues

   Synonym:    addlepuddle

2. make into a puddle
   1. puddled mire

   Synonym:    puddle