Word · Frequency #20437
entanglement
陷阱；圈套；罗网
an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
- 1.
The act of entangling.
缠绕；纠缠。
- 2.
an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
复杂的陷阱,使受害者陷入困境
- 3.
The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
纠缠状态；错综复杂。
- 4.
That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity.
纠缠的事物；牵连；复杂情况；困惑。
缠绕；纠缠。；复杂的陷阱,使受害者陷入困境；纠缠状态；错综复杂。；纠缠的事物；牵连；复杂情况；困惑。；纠缠
In use
The fly was caught in the spider's entanglement of silk threads and could not escape.
The promise of easy money proved to be an entanglement that trapped many greedy people.
The cat got stuck in an entanglement of electrical wires under the desk.
an entanglement of [noun]
后接具体材料，指由这些材料缠绕形成的障碍或陷阱。
The dog was trapped in an entanglement of rope and wire.
狗被一团绳子和铁丝缠住，动弹不得。
an entanglement with [someone]
指与他人的复杂关系，多含负面或麻烦之意。
She was worried about a romantic entanglement with her boss.
她担心与老板产生感情纠葛。
someone's entanglement in [something]
Connections
Collocations
- romantic entanglement
- 恋爱纠葛
- His romantic entanglement complicated his career.他的恋爱纠葛使他的事业变得复杂。
- legal entanglement
- 法律纠纷；法律牵连
- The real estate deal led to a legal entanglement that lasted years.这笔房地产交易导致了一场持续多年的法律纠纷。
- political entanglement
- 政治牵连
- The general was accused of political entanglement.这位将军被指控有政治牵连。
- entanglement with
- 与……的牵连（或纠缠）
- He regretted his entanglement with the illegal organization.他后悔与该非法组织有牵连。
- avoid entanglement
- 避免卷入；避免牵连
- She avoided any entanglement in their arguments.她避免卷入他们的争论。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象手脚被藤蔓缠住（tangle）无法挣脱——entanglement 就是‘纠缠、陷阱’。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：political scandals、formal writing、literary prose 多用于正式或文学性表达，指使人难以脱身的复杂局面或陷阱。口语中更常用 trap 或 snare，较少直接用 entanglement 表示“圈套”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes with the whole word. Tangle and entangle share the stressed /tæŋɡəl/ part, but adding -ment changes the rhyme. Lookalikes ending in -ment (arrangement, engagement, management, estrangement) share the unstressed /mənt/ suffix but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme with entanglement. In particular, estrangement looks similar but sounds quite different.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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