| 英语单词 | entangle |
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| 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 [Also V n]
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
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