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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Military observer fear that the us can get entangle In another vietnam
  军事观察家们担心，美国有可能陷入又一次越南战争中
• You're involved in a relationship with a man who comes with a nine-year-old daughter and an ex-girlfriend who has had many years to entangle herself in his family.
  你不要忘记，你是跟一个有9岁女儿的男人建立了关系，而多年以来她的前女友就一直跟他们一家掺和在一起；
• Nobody be allow to fish here. Don't entangle the fishing lines.
  不要让钓鱼线缠在一起。
• 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。
• 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。
• Check the clutch wrap to transmission of the arrows are normal: if discover its plastic wrapping wucaichi cracked and used in plastics tape entangle, with waterproof baptism.
  检查离合器握把至变速器的拉线是否正常：若发现其塑料包皮泛起龟裂，可用塑料胶带缠紧，以防水浸。