| 单词 | to muddle through |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto muddle through c. intransitive. to muddle through: to attain one's object by good fortune rather than good management. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed [verb (passive)] > succeed in spite of lack of skill to muddle throughc1864 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > succeed or be a success [verb (intransitive)] > achieve success (of persons) > in spite of lack of skill or foresight to muddle throughc1864 to muddle along1899 c1864 J. Bright in J. McCarthy Reminisc. (1899) I. 85 My opinion is that the Northern States will manage somehow to muddle through. 1910 H. Belloc Verses 86 A gentleman who cannot jest Remarked that we should muddle through. 1920 F. Crane Business of Living 173 It is said of the British that they muddle through. They do. But they muddle—through. That is, when they make mistakes, they go on, for they know how to make mistakes. 1948 D. B. Hawkins in R. O'Sullivan King's Good Servant viii. 92 You can muddle through only with the aid of sound instincts; without them you make the muddle but you do not get through. 1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 9/5 In the absence of a national program, America muddles through to produce its energy. 1994 C. Grant X-Files: Goblins xiii. 158 Oh, I think we'll manage. We'll muddle through somehow. < as lemmas |
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