entangle

英 [ɪnˈtæŋɡl]

美 [ɪnˈtæŋɡl]

v.  使纠缠; 缠住; 套住; 使卷入; 使陷入

过去分词：entangled　现在分词：entangling　第三人称单数：entangles　过去式：entangled　

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Collins.1 / BNC.14233 / COCA.14257

牛津词典

verb

• 使纠缠；缠住；套住
  to make sb/sth become caught or twisted in sth
  1. The bird had become entangled in the wire netting.
     那只小鸟被铁丝网缠住了。
• 使卷入；使陷入
  to involve sb in a difficult or complicated situation
  1. He became entangled in a series of conflicts with the management.
     他卷入了与管理层的一系列冲突之中。
  2. She didn't want to get entangled (= emotionally involved) with him.
     她不想与他有瓜葛。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 缠住;套住
  If one thingentangles itself withanother, the two things become caught together very tightly.
  1. The blade of the oar had entangled itself with something in the water.
     船桨的桨叶和水里的什么东西缠住了。
• VERB 使陷入，使卷入（问题、困难等）
  If somethingentanglesyouinproblems or difficulties, it causes you to become involved in problems or difficulties from which it is hard to escape.
  1. Bureaucracy can entangle ventures for months...
     官僚体制会使风险投资搁置好几个月。
  2. His tactics were to entangle the opposition in a web of parliamentary procedure.
     他的策略是使反对派陷入错综复杂的议会程序之中。

英英释义

verb

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
  1. The child entangled the cord
  Synonym:tanglematsnarl
• entrap
  1. Our people should not be mired in the past
  Synonym:mire

双语例句

• The bill is sure to entangle parliament in endless debate.
  这个议案肯定会使议会陷入没完没了的争辩。
• The idea is not to entangle the readers mind in obtuse inquiry, but to enable him to shed the weight of the self, sharpen the mind and lead him to the light of "non I".
  我们的意图是不要让读者卷入迂腐的探究，而是要让他能够卸下自我的重负，让心变得敏锐，把他引向“非我”的光明。
• And entangle the voyager, the low margin of the sea was covered.
  的去路，这里的海边由高大的黑檀树所遮蔽，还有一种红木和其他硬木，有。
• The growing scandal over corruption at Fifa is threatening to entangle Nike, the US sportswear company that is a sponsor of the Brazilian national football squad, and other multinational sponsors of the game in Latin America.
  不断发酵的国际足联（Fifa）腐败丑闻可能牵涉到巴西国家足球队的赞助商&美国运动装企业耐克（Nike），以及在拉美赞助足球运动的其他跨国企业。
• I frequently engaged him in play, and contrived, with the gambler's usual art, to let him win considerable sums, the more effectually to entangle him in my snares.
  我常常怂恿他玩牌，还用赌棍的老一套诡计，让他赢得相当可观的一笔钱，手到擒来地引他上钩。
• His tactics were to entangle the opposition in a web of parliamentary procedure.
  他的策略是使反对派陷入错综复杂的议会程序之中。
• Then went the pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
  当时，法利赛人出去商议，怎样就着耶稣的话陷害他。
• Could I but entangle your feet with my heart and hold them fast to my breast!
  但愿我能用我的心系住你的双足，紧抱在胸前！
• Entangle or catch in in or as if in a mesh.
  被纠缠或捕住或好像进入陷阱。
• A flat net suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills.
  在水中垂直悬浮的能缠住鱼鳃的平网。