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单词 imbroglio
释义
imbroglioim‧bro‧gli‧o /ɪmˈbrəʊliəʊ $ ɪmˈbroʊlioʊ/ noun (plural imbroglios) [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINimbroglio
Origin:
1700-1800 Italian imbrogliare ‘to mix up’
Examples
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  • People have come out into the street from both sides to watch the imbroglio.
  • The imbroglio brought out the Sicilian in me.
  • The budget imbroglio also is creating a mounting statistics gap.
a difficult, embarrassing, or confusing situation, especially in politics or public life:  a political imbroglio
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