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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。
陷阱；圈套；罗网
entanglements — plural of entanglement
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陷阱；圈套；罗网
an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
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。
缠绕；纠缠。
The act of entangling.
复杂的陷阱,使受害者陷入困境
an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
纠缠状态；错综复杂。
The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
纠缠的事物；牵连；复杂情况；困惑。
That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity.
The fly was caught in the spider's entanglement of silk threads and could not escape.
苍蝇被蜘蛛的丝线缠住，无法逃脱。
The promise of easy money proved to be an entanglement that trapped many greedy people.
所谓轻松赚钱的承诺最终成了一个圈套，让许多贪心的人上了当。
The cat got stuck in an entanglement of electrical wires under the desk.
那只猫被桌子底下一堆缠在一起的电线卡住了。
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。
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。
表示某人被卷入麻烦或丑闻，属较正式的书面语。
The senator's entanglement in the scandal destroyed his career.
参议员卷入丑闻断送了他的职业生涯。
Not this
He had entanglement with a married woman.
Use this
He had an entanglement with a married woman.
表示‘与某人的暧昧关系/纠葛’时 entanglement 是可数名词，需加不定冠词 an；不加冠词的 entanglement 通常指‘纠缠的状态’，为不可数名词。中文常省略冠词，所以易漏掉 an。
Not this
His entanglement with the financial scandal was widely reported.
Use this
His entanglement in the financial scandal was widely reported.
表‘卷入、牵连于某一事件或丑闻’时，entanglement 后接介词 in；with 用于表示与某人的关系。若写 with the scandal，会被理解为‘与丑闻谈恋爱’，不合逻辑。
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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。
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。
政治牵连
The general was accused of political entanglement.
这位将军被指控有政治牵连。
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。
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。
Use entanglements naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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想象手脚被藤蔓缠住（tangle）无法挣脱——entanglement 就是‘纠缠、陷阱’。
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”。
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.
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