英语成语:muddle around
1. To move or hang about languidly, idly, or lazily. Once you get the ball, you can’t just muddle around behind your offensive line—you’ve got to act quickly, or those linebackers are going to tackle you!
机译:懒散地、懒散地或懒散地移动或闲逛。一旦你拿到球，你就不能在进攻线后面混日子——你必须迅速行动，否则那些后卫会拦截你！
My brother was supposed to be at work, but I found him muddling around down by the river with a friend of his.
机译:我哥哥本该上班，但我发现他和他的一个朋友在河边混日子。
2. To work or perform in a very mediocre, ineffectual, or unsuccessful manner; to fail to perform to the best of one’s abilities. The economy had a brief surge after the election, but it has been muddling around at a flat level for the last several months.
机译:2.以非常平庸、无效或不成功的方式工作或表现；未能发挥出自己最大的能力。选举后，经济出现了短暂的飙升，但在过去几个月里，经济一直在平稳的水平上徘徊。
You were such a bright student and talented writer—it kills me to see you muddling around in some office job.
机译:你是一个如此聪明的学生和才华横溢的作家，看到你在办公室工作中混日子，我很难过。
3. To dabble in something; to do something sporadically or experimentally. They haven’t changed the core design of the car in decades, only ever muddling around with minor details like the wing mirrors or bumpers.
机译:3.涉猎某事；偶然地或实验性地做某事。几十年来，他们一直没有改变汽车的核心设计，只是在翼镜或保险杠等小细节上敷衍了事。
I’ve been muddling around with different writing styles, trying to find one that suits the stories I’m trying to tell.
机译:我一直在摸索不同的写作风格，试图找到一种适合我想要讲述的故事的写作风格。
4. To fumble around awkwardly or clumsily. I hate muddling around with touch screens—I miss having cell phones with actual buttons you had to press!
机译:笨拙地摸索。我讨厌在触摸屏上混日子——我怀念那些有你必须按下的按钮的手机！
I didn’t want to wake anyone up by turning on the lights, so I had to muddle around in the dark when I came home.
机译:我不想通过开灯叫醒任何人，所以回家时我只能在黑暗中混日子。
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