| 词组 | muddle |
| 释义 | muddle [muddled, muddled, muddling] muddle along/on muddle along/on to live, work, or do something in a confused and not very successful way, especially without being properly organized or directed: ▪ Students are often left to muddle along. The help they may need is not always available. ▪ Some organizations are content to muddle along at quite a low level of performance. muddle through muddle through • muddle through sth to succeed in doing or dealing with something even though you do not have a proper plan, or know exactly what you are doing: ▪ Our survey found that most people do not know how to manage their money, and just muddle through. ▪ We somehow managed to muddle through the crisis. muddle up 1. muddle up sth/sb • muddle sth/sb up usually passive BrE to make the mistake of thinking that something or someone is another thing or person: ▪ Is his girlfriend Joanne or Joanna? I keep muddling them up. get sth/sb muddled up ▪ One area's marked blue on the map, and the other's a dark purple - it's easy to get them muddled up. get muddled up ▪ Sorry, I got a bit muddled up over the dates. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mix up 2. muddle sth up • muddle up sth BrE to put something in the wrong order or to spoil the order that things are in: ▪ Unfortunately my first and second names were muddled up on the examination certificate. get sth muddled up ▪ If you had a proper filing system, you wouldn't get all your papers muddled up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑mix up |
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