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embroil

🇬🇧 UK/im'brɒil/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To involve or entangle someone in a difficult situation, argument, or conflict.

使卷入（纠纷或困境）；牵连

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
emto put into, to cause
+
broilstem
=embroil

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The scandal embroiled the director in controversy for months.

  • 2.

    He didn't want to be embroiled in the family dispute.

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