muddy up

• 动词短语，指使某事变得模糊、混乱或肮脏，常用于比喻义，表示把问题、局面等搞复杂或搅浑。

A phrasal verb meaning to make something unclear, confusing, or dirty, often used figuratively.

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1. Make something dirty with mudinformal

   To cause something to become covered or soiled with mud.

   把……弄得满是泥

   • The kids muddied up their shoes playing in the garden.
   • Don't muddy up the floor with your boots.
   • The rain muddied up the path completely.

   同义词befoulbesmirchdirtymuddysmirchsoilstainsully

   反义词cleanrinsewash

2. Confuse or obscureinformal

   To make a situation, idea, or issue unclear or more complicated.

   搅混

   • His explanation only muddied up the issue further.
   • The new evidence muddied up the investigation.
   • Don't muddy up the discussion with irrelevant details.

   同义词befogblurcloudcomplicateconfusemuddyobfuscateobscure

   反义词clarifyclearilluminatesimplify

基本动词muddy