| 词汇 | muddied |
| 释义 | muddied past simple and past participle ofmuddy muddy verb[ T ] uk /ˈmʌd.i/ us /ˈmʌd.i/ to put mud (= wet, sticky earth) into something or cover something with mud: 使粘上烂泥;使浑浊 Industrial activity has muddied the river.工业生产活动使这条河变浑浊了。 Making things dirty & untidy blacken clutter clutter something up contaminate defile dirty mark mess mix mix someone/something up muddle muddle something up muss pollute polluter recontaminate soil stain tarnish the polluter pays principleidiom Idiommuddy the waters Examples of muddiedmuddied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Because if it rained too much, the water got muddied, spoiling the "stuff" (water mixed with pulped rags) that went into the paper. Here their prescriptions were often muddied by the residual influences of the patriarchal, theocratic system. Though the actors liked this because it gave them time to think about the next cycle, it also muddied the enactment of the cycle. On this point the waters were about to be muddied even more. Clayton's discussion of this issue is muddied, however, by his inconsistent handling of the mind-body problem. I am concerned that we are getting into muddied waters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The issue would have been worse and more muddied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was talk then of "the flannelled fool at the wicket"and of"the muddied oaf at the goal". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you do not have a steady flow of compensation water, streams become muddied and the water cannot force its way through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to ensure that the undoubted benefits to the consumer of privatisation are not muddied by over-concentration on the pay of a few. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Issues in the trial should be capable of being investigated dispassionately and carefully without the waters being muddied by unnecessary publicity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I appreciate that the legal position has been slightly muddied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that he has muddied the issue at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It ill serves the free debate if the water is muddied by trying to confuse by quoting from later letters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a muddied compromise, but it achieved considerable success and it would be churlish to deny that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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