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

• 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？
• Bureaucracy can entangle ventures for months
  官僚体制会使风险投资搁置好几个月。
• A rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin.
  一种头上有重物的强子；用来投掷来缠绕动物的腿部；起源于南非。
• We briefly summarized the experimental generation scheme of the optical entangle states for continuous variables and their applications in quantum teleportation, quantum dense coding, controlled dense coding, entanglement swapping and quantum communication network.
  扼要介绍连续变量纠缠态光场产生的实验方法，及其在量子离物传态，量子密集编码，受控密集编码，量子纠缠交换及量子通信网络中的应用。
• A flat net suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills.
  在水中垂直悬浮的能缠住鱼鳃的平网。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many Britons, for example, believe the Christian faith of Prime Minister Tony Blair helped lead him to entangle Britain in America's war in Iraq.
  比如，许多英国人认为，托尼。布莱尔首相的基督教信仰对他把英国卷入美国在伊拉克的战争起到了促进作用。
• 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。
• 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。