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

• Likes a person being probable to let him be happy, do not let him be sad, therefore his frown and smile, cause the person soul to entangle the dream to pull.
  爱一个人就要让他幸福，不要让他伤心，所以他的一颦一笑，都使人魂萦梦牵。
• 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！
• 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。
• He doesn't hide the web of scars that entangle his ankle or the thick gouge on his arm.
  他并没有特意去掩盖他的整个脚踝上面网状的伤疤和他手臂上面的深色的沟。
• Even previously harmless roots have grown up out of the soil at greatly accelerated speeds in order to entangle a foe.
  就算是平时无害的根须也会从土地中迅速生长出来缠绕住敌人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Something would entangle the Lakota in a time yet to come.
  在不久的将来拉科塔人也会被卷入到是非之中。
• The policy would entangle the nation in comflicts that could easily lead to war.
  这项政策会使国家陷入极易引发战争的冲突中。
• By equating it to killing babies they entangle the science in the politics of abortion.
  通过将其等同于杀死婴儿，他们把科学卷入堕胎政治当中。