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meddle in sth
用于指干涉他人事务。
She always meddles in her neighbors' business.
她总是干涉邻居的事。
干涉；干预；插手
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干涉；干预；插手
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
She always meddles in her neighbors' business.
她总是干涉邻居的事。
干涉或插手；过度关心。
To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
meddle
Base
原形
meddles
3rd person
第三人称单数
meddling
-ing
现在分词
meddled
Past
过去式
meddled
Past participle
过去分词
She meddles in other people's affairs.
她干涉别人的事情。
He meddled in the project and caused problems.
他干预了项目并造成了问题。
They are meddling with my plans.
他们在干预我的计划。
I have never meddled in politics.
我从未干涉过政治。
She always meddles in her brother's career choices, even though he has asked her to stay out of it.
她总是干涉哥哥的职业选择，尽管他要求她别插手。
Please stop meddling with my phone; you might delete something important.
请别乱动我的手机，你可能会删除重要的东西。
I meddled in the argument between my colleagues, and now they both are angry with me.
我插手了同事之间的争吵，现在他们俩都生我的气。
用于指干涉他人事务。
She always meddles in her neighbors' business.
她总是干涉邻居的事。
用于指擅自摆弄或乱动某物。
Someone has meddled with the lock on the door.
有人擅自摸弄了门上的锁。
Not this
Don't meddle my affairs.
Use this
Don't meddle in my affairs.
Meddle 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语；需加介词 in 或 with 才能接宾语。
Not this
Don't middle in my business.
Use this
Don't meddle in my business.
Middle 是名词或形容词，意为‘中间’；此处应为动词 meddle，表示‘干涉’。
Not this
He meddled on my project.
Use this
He meddled with my project.
Meddle 后接介词 with 表示‘擅自弄乱、干预’；on 不用于此搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
干涉别人的事情
He always meddles in other people's affairs, even when they ask him not to.
他总是干涉别人的事情，即使别人请他别这样。
乱动某物；摆弄某物
She caught him meddling with the thermostat.
她撞见他乱动恒温器。
干预政治
The general was accused of meddling in politics.
这位将军被指责干预政治。
干预某人的生活
I wish my in-laws wouldn't meddle in our life.
我希望我的姻亲不要干预我们的生活。
干涉某人的事务
He's always meddling in his parents' affairs.
他总是干涉父母的事务。
胡乱摆弄某物；擅自改动
Don't meddle with the thermostat, or you'll mess up the settings.
别乱动恒温器，否则你会弄乱设置的。
插手与己无关的事
Stop meddling in matters that don't concern you.
别再插手与你无关的事情了。
不要干涉巫师的事务，因为他们心思微妙，且易动怒。
A famous warning from J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, commonly quoted to advise against interfering in matters you do not fully understand.
出自 J.R.R. 托尔金的小说《魔戒》的著名警告，常被引用，劝人不要插手自己并不完全了解的事情。
永远不要插手龙的事务，因为你吃起来嘎嘣脆，蘸上番茄酱味道更佳。
A humorous proverb from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel The Light Fantastic, warning that interfering with dragons can get you eaten.
出自特里·普拉切特《碟形世界》系列小说《奇幻之光》中的幽默谚语，警告人们干涉龙的事务可能会被吃掉。
Use meddle naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 meddle 想成 middle（中间）：插手就是硬插到别人事情的中间去，meddle 就是“干涉”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：谈论他人私事、批评干预行为 meddle 通常带有负面含义，多用于批评他人过度干涉或插手自己不该管的事情，常见于口语和非正式书面语。搭配上常接 in 表示干涉某事，接 with 表示乱动或干预某物。
与 meddle 真正同韵或同音的词：peddle (/ˈpɛdəl/) 和 medal (/ˈmɛdəl/)。拼写相似但发音不同：middle (/ˈmɪdəl/)、model (/ˈmɒdəl/)、mettle (/ˈmɛtəl/)、medley (/ˈmɛdli/)。注意 meddle 读作 /ˈmɛdəl/。
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