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garbled [noun]
garbled 常放在名词前作定语，常见搭配有 garbled message、garbled speech、garbled text 等。
We heard a garbled message on the radio.
我们在收音机里听到一条含糊不清的消息。
混乱不清的；难以辨认的
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混乱不清的；难以辨认的
difficult to understand because it has been distorted or scrambled
We heard a garbled message on the radio.
我们在收音机里听到一条含糊不清的消息。
因被扭曲而难以理解；混乱的
difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled
The phone signal was so garbled that I only caught a few words.
电话信号太混乱不清，我只听清了几个词。
We couldn't make sense of the garbled instructions on the torn page.
我们看不懂那页撕破纸上混乱不清的说明。
The recording came out garbled, so we asked the speaker to repeat what she had said.
录音变得混乱不清，所以我们请说话者重复了一遍。
garbled 常放在名词前作定语，常见搭配有 garbled message、garbled speech、garbled text 等。
We heard a garbled message on the radio.
我们在收音机里听到一条含糊不清的消息。
作表语时，主语多为录音、信号、通知等，也可用 sound、seem 等系动词。
The recording was garbled, so I couldn't make out the words.
录音混乱不清，我分辨不出那些话。
become/get 强调从清楚变为混乱，常指信号或文本在传输、处理过程中受损。
The signal got garbled as the train entered the tunnel.
火车进入隧道时，信号变得混乱不清。
Not this
The message garbled during the phone call.
Use this
The message was garbled during the phone call.
garbled 是形容词（由动词 garble 的过去分词转化而来），不能直接用作主动语态的动词。要表示“消息在通话中变得混乱不清”，需用 be 动词 + garbled 构成系表结构，即 was garbled。中文里常说“消息乱码了”，容易漏掉被动/状态标记，所以直接用 garbled 作谓语是典型错误。
Not this
I felt garbled after listening to the long lecture.
Use this
I felt confused after listening to the long lecture.
garbled 只能修饰信息、话语、声音等，意为“被扭曲而难以理解的”，不能用来描述人的心理状态。表达“感到困惑”应用 confused。中文“混乱的”兼指事物和人的状态，容易误把 garbled 用到人身上，这是词义搭配错误。
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混乱不清的消息
She tried to read the garbled message but gave up.
她试图读懂那条混乱不清的消息，但放弃了。
乱码文本
The document was full of garbled text.
文档里满是乱码文本。
失真的传输信号
We lost contact because of the garbled transmission.
由于传输信号失真，我们失去了联系。
失真的音频
The garbled audio made the recording useless.
失真的音频让录音无法使用。
含糊不清的话语
His garbled speech was difficult to decipher.
他含糊不清的话语很难辨认。
乱码数据
The hard drive was corrupted and full of garbled data.
硬盘已损坏，满是乱码数据。
Use garbled naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象老式收音机信号被干扰成乱码，声音扭曲、断断续续，难以听懂，这就是 garbled。
语域：neutral 常见场景：telephone call、voice message、text message garbled 是中性表达，通常用于口语和一般书面语，形容声音、信息或信号因失真而变得难以理解。常见于电话通话、语音留言或文字传输出错等场景。正式文体中也可使用，但更正式的替代词包括 corrupted 或 incoherent。
与 garbled /ˈɡɑːrbəld/ 完全押韵的是 marbled /ˈmɑːrbəld/。troubled、doubled、cobbled、scribbled 都以 /bəld/ 结尾，但重读元音不同，不算押韵。marble 是拼写近似词，读 /ˈmɑːrbəl/，没有末尾的 /d/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.