Meddle
['med(ə)l] or ['mɛdl]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; 'Don't meddle in my affairs!'.
黛布拉整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To mix; to mingle.
(v. i.) To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- / a good sense.
(v. i.) To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in.
(v. t.) To mix; to mingle.
整理:谢尔登
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Interfere, intermeddle, take part (officiously).
整理:伊冯
同義詞及反義詞:
[See INTERPOSE]
桃瑞丝整理
解釋/意思:
v.i. to interfere unnecessarily (with or in): to take part in a matter with which one has nothing to do: to have to do (with).—n. Medd′ler one who interferes with matters in which he has no concern.—adj. Medd′lesome given to meddling.—n. Medd′lesomeness.—adj. Medd′ling interfering in the concerns of others: officious—also n.
校對:米利森特
例句/造句/用法:
- I'll not meddle; don't mind me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- And I will, Monsieur; but it must be arranged in my own way: nobody must meddle; the things must not be forced upon me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I telled her she weren't to meddle again in aught that concerned yo'. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Don't meddle with the head, friend, that's not your trade. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- All right, Watson, I don't intend to meddle. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Your master, said her husband, muttering an imprecation with slow emphasis, will break your neck if you meddle with wot don't concern you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Don't you dare to meddle with my affairs. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- In that subservience, and not in the meddling of Mr. Morgan, is the reason why American journalism is so flaccid, so repetitious and so dull. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Margaret took it up: 'About women not meddling. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- They would have adjudged him right served for his tyranny and meddling. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They had the wisdom to refrain from any overt meddling with public ideas. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- What business have you meddling in my matters? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- You have spoken of my 'secret meddling,' and my 'interfering ignorance,' and my 'false assent. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I know no such thing, answered the Friar; and defy thee for a meddling coxcomb! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I am sure I thought it was the boy, or I wouldn't have meddled with him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I'n ne'er meddled, an' I'n no call to promise, said Timothy. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
校對:桑福德