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

• If senses and consciousness entangle and reluctance blurred our ability to make decisions, it will destroy the most valuable inner quality we have, the Buddha nature.
  若根尘和意识纠缠、贪恋，模糊了判断，会糟蹋自己内在最有价值的佛性。
• 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。
• On the economy, Kiev should ensure that trade deals with the EU do not entangle its ties with Russia.
  就经济而言，基辅方面应该确保与欧盟（EU）签署的贸易协议不会连累乌俄关系。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• How did Mary manage to entangle her hair so badly in the brambles?
  玛丽的头发缠紧在荆棘上了，她是怎么搞的？
• Nobody be allow to fish here. Don't entangle the fishing lines.
  不要让钓鱼线缠在一起。
• 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。
• 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。