Muddle
“Muddle” 指将事情弄得一团糟，或者指处于一种脑子乱、糊涂的状态。在制作鸡尾酒时，它也指用杵棒“捣碎”配料（如薄荷）。
- “I’m in a bit of a muddle about the dates for our trip.” (关于我们旅行的日期，我现在有点糊涂。)
- “Try not to muddle the different sets of keys.” (尽量不要把这几组不同的钥匙弄混了。)
- “The government has managed to muddle through the economic crisis so far.” (政府到目前为止总算是在经济危机中勉强应付过来了。)
可能源自中古荷兰语 “muddelen”，意为“弄脏”或“使混浊”。
无明显词缀。
“Muddle through” 是一个非常有名的英式短语，指在没有任何明确计划或资源的情况下，通过连滚带爬、边做边改，最后居然也搞定了一件事。
- 过去式: muddled
- 名词: muddle
- 形容词: muddled (混乱的，糊涂的)
联想 “mud” (泥巴)。在泥巴里乱搞，一切都变得“模糊、混乱”。
“The new filing system was a complete muddle. No one could find anything, and important documents were getting lost every day. Eventually, they had to hire an expert to clear up the mess.” (新的存档系统完全是一团糟。没人能找到任何东西，重要的文件每天都在丢失。最终，他们不得不雇佣一名专家来清理这个烂摊子。)