embroil
[ɪm'brɔɪl] verb transitive
■to cause someone to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation 使卷入（纠纷）；使陷入（困境）•[R] She had no desire to embroil herself in lengthy lawsuits with the tabloid newspapers.她不想卷入和那些小报的漫长官司纠纷中。 •The United Nations was reluctant to get its forces embroiled in civil war.联合国不愿让其维和部队卷入国家的内战中。 |