Word · Frequency #19051
meddle
干涉；干预；插手
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly
- 1.
To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
干涉或插手；过度关心。
干涉或插手；过度关心。；干涉；干预；擅自摸弄；[法] 干预；插手
In use
She always meddles in her brother's career choices, even though he has asked her to stay out of it.
Please stop meddling with my phone; you might delete something important.
I meddled in the argument between my colleagues, and now they both are angry with me.
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。
meddle with sth
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。
Verb forms
base meddle · third person meddles · -ing meddling · past meddled · past participle meddled
Common mistakes
Don't meddle my affairs.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。
Don't middle in my business.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’。
He meddled on my project.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。
Connections
Collocations
- meddle in other people's affairs
- 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。
- meddle with something
- 乱动某物；摆弄某物
- She caught him meddling with the thermostat.她撞见他乱动恒温器。
- meddle in politics
- 干预政治
- The general was accused of meddling in politics.这位将军被指责干预政治。
- meddle in someone's life
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- meddle in someone's affairs
- 干涉某人的事务He's always meddling in his parents' affairs.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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”。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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