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Entangle N 使 Caught   [V Verb 动词 Problems

英语单词 entangle
英美音标 英 [ɪn'tæŋɡl] 美 [ɪn'tæŋɡl]
中文释义 vt. 使 ... 纠缠; 使 ... 复杂; 卷入; 使 ... 混乱
英语例句 (1) By equating it to killing babies they entangle the science in the politics of abortion.
中文例句 (1) 通过将其等同于杀死婴儿,他们把科学卷入堕胎政治当中。
vocabulary简明 To entangle is to snarl, intertwine with, or get caught in. Too often, dolphins entangle themselves in large fishing nets meant to catch tuna or swordfish.
vocabulary扩展 If you mean to trip your brother, you can entangle your leg around his, and when long-haired people don't brush it for days, it will snarl and entangle itself. A figurative way to entangle is to get caught up in a complicated situation: "I didn't mean to entangle you in this mess with my roommates!" Entangle's roots are en-, "put in" or "cause to be" and tangle, or "snarl."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词]缠住;套住 If one thing entangles itself with another, the two things become caught together very tightly.
  [V n with/in n]
  [Also V n]
  • 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。

2
[VERB 动词]使陷入,使卷入(问题、困难等) If something entangles you in problems or difficulties, it causes you to become involved in problems or difficulties from which it is hard to escape.
  [V n]
  [V n in/with n]
  • Bureaucracy can entangle ventures for months...

    官僚体制会使风险投资搁置好几个月。

  • 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。

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