imbroglio
imbroglio 英 [ɪmˈbrəʊliəʊ] 美 [ɪmˈbroʊlioʊ]
n. 纠葛；纷乱；纷扰
名词复数:imbroglios
- An imbroglio is a complicated or confusing personal situation. To rephrase the J. Geils band song, "Love Stinks," if you love her and she loves him and he loves somebody else, you've got quite an imbroglio.
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- n. 纠葛；纷乱；纷扰
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1. In his first imbroglio, the commander in chief found himself trapped between gay-rights activists and his own Joint Chiefs of Staff.
在他的第一纠葛 总司令发现自己被深陷于同性恋权利激进分子和自己的参谋长联席会议。
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2. Try to avoid the imbroglio on money.
尽量不要在经济上有纠葛。
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3. He summarizes the Soviet imbroglio
他总结出了整个苏联的纷纷扰扰。
- imbroglio (n.) 1750, "a jumble;" 1818 as "complicated misunderstanding, intricate entanglement" (of persons, nations, etc.), from Italian imbroglio, from imbrogliare "confuse, tangle," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + brogliare "embroil," probably from Middle French brouiller "confuse" (see broil (v.2); also compare embroil).
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