muddy the waters
US /ˈmʌdi ðə ˈwɑtɚz/
・UK /ˈmʌdi ðə ˈwɔ:təz/
B2 中高級
idm.使情況混亂
His vague answers only muddied the waters during the meeting.
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愛潑斯坦事件：川普是壞蛋？「巴巴」非克林頓也非馬！川普：我不在乎 (Jeffrey Epstein: Trump's A Bad Guy | "Bubba" Was Neither A Clinton Nor A Horse | Trump: I Don't Care)
- Now, it's possible that this big trove of emails the Republicans dumped out there were supposed to be sort of a flooding of the zone and to muddy the waters and make the story confusing and take it off the front page.
現在，共和黨人丟出來的這批電子郵件，可能是想淹沒消息來源，混淆視聽，讓事情變得很複雜，然後把它從頭版移開。
- Now, it's possible that this big trove of emails the Republicans dumped out there were supposed to be sort of a flooding of the zone and to muddy the waters and make the story confusing and take it off the front page.
你知道是什麼嗎？
愛潑斯坦案檔案曝光！吉斯蘭·麥斯威爾拒絕作證，援引第五修正案！ (Epstein files: Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to testify, pleads fifth)
- I mean, it, it's, it's—I, I think the Clintons are trying to muddy the waters and create a false narrative like, "Oh, deposition's behind closed doors." That deposition was behind closed doors.
所以是幾秒鐘之後。
- I think the Clintons are trying to muddy the waters and create a false narrative like, oh, depositions behind closed doors.
我覺得他們是想混淆視聽，製造一個假象，像是閉門宣誓作證。
移民、民粹主義與極右翼：Mehdi Hasan 與 Matthew Goodwin 辯論！ (Immigration, populism and the far right: Mehdi Hasan & Matthew Goodwin | Head to Head)
- One of the things that you do is you muddy the waters about what we're talking about.
你所做的事情之一，就是混淆了我們正在談論的話題。
- One of the things that you do is you muddy the waters about what we're talking about.
讓我們認真對待這個國家的社會結構，著手解決我們面臨的根本問題。
社會主義者獲勝考驗民主黨團結！ (Socialist Gains Test Democratic Party Unity)
- Or is it just going to muddy the waters because voters' attention spans are short and November's right around the corner?
還是說，因為選民的注意力有限，而且十一月就在眼前了，這只會讓情況變得更複雜？
聯準會噤聲時會發生什麼事？ | Econ World (What happens when the Federal Reserve goes quiet? | Econ World)
- So why muddy the waters by saying, "You know what's going to happen?" It ties your hands.
那為什麼要說「你知道會發生什麼事」來混淆視聽？這會讓你綁手綁腳。
Instadocs：這不是審判！Alex Murdaugh 懸案大揭密 | Netflix 官方片段 (Instadocs: Alex Murdaugh, Unconvicted | Official Clip | Netflix)
- The defense's job is to muddy the waters, to throw out a thousand conspiracy theories and get people thinking about everything else except about the facts of the case.
辯護律師的工作就是混淆視聽，拋出上千種陰謀論，讓大家去想案情以外的所有事情，而不是案情本身。
