muddying

英 [ˈmʌdiɪŋ]

美 [ˈmʌdiɪŋ]

v.  使变得泥泞; 使浑浊
muddy的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沾满泥的;多泥的;泥泞的
  Something that ismuddycontains mud or is covered in mud.
  1. ...a muddy track...
     泥泞的小道
  2. The ground was still very muddy.
     地上还很泥泞。
  3. ...his muddy boots.
     他沾满泥的靴子
• VERB 使沾上泥
  If youmuddysomething, you cause it to be muddy.
  1. The ground still smelled of rain and they muddied their shoes...
     地面还散发着雨后的气息，他们把鞋上弄得全是泥。
  2. His new grey jacket was torn and muddied.
     他新买的灰色夹克被撕破了，还弄上了泥巴。
• ADJ-GRADED 暗褐色的;土黄色的
  Muddyis used to describe a colour which is dull and brownish.
  1. The paper has turned a muddy colour.
     报纸已变成土黄色了。
• VERB 使更为复杂;使难以理解
  If someone or somethingmuddiesa situation or issue, they cause it to seem less clear and less easy to understand.
  1. It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
     即使不把宗教牵扯进去，这个问题也已经够棘手的了。
  2. ...the mixed motives that muddied Mr Crane's efforts.
     使克兰先生的努力变得难以理解的复杂动机

双语例句

• In this technique, detection is thwarted by the addition of bogus data, basically muddying the waters and making the detective determine what is the real data and what is not.
  使用这种技术，伪装的数据将能够阻扰侦测，让原本浑浊的水变得更加浑浊不堪，侦测者将难以确定哪些是实际数据哪些不是。
• China, by far the biggest source of new raw-material orders, closed many factories during the Olympics, muddying the latest data, and analysts say it could be months before long-term trends are clear.
  中国目前是原材料新增出口的最大市场，该国在奥运会期间关闭了很多工厂，从而影响了近期经济数据的准确性，分析师说，可能要几个月后才能看清经济增长的长期趋势。
• China's surplus continues to dig in its heels, as structural forces assert themselves amid a muddying external picture.
  由于结构性力量在外部环境日益不明的情况下得到加强，中国的贸易顺差继续固化。
• Even radar-data reports are muddying an already murky picture.
  即便是雷达数据报告也使本已模糊的事态变得更加扑朔迷离。
• What are you doing in my well, muddying it up like that?
  你使我的井污浊不堪，你到底想干什么？
• It also became apparent that the new virus contains bits and pieces derived from avian and human strains of influenza, as well as porcine ones, further muddying its origins.
  人们还清楚地发现，这种新的病毒除了含有猪类流感病毒的片段外，含有来自禽类和人类流感病毒的一些片段，这使得要弄清猪流感病毒的起源就更加不容易了。
• It's difficult enough without muddying the issue with religion.
  即使不把宗教牵扯进去，这个问题也已经够棘手的了。