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extricate sb from sth
The rescue team extricated the passengers from the overturned bus.
救援队把乘客从翻倒的公交车中救了出来。
使摆脱；使解脱；救出
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使摆脱；使解脱；救出
to free someone or something from a difficult or complicated situation
The rescue team extricated the passengers from the overturned bus.
救援队把乘客从翻倒的公交车中救了出来。
常与 from 连用，表示使某人/某物摆脱困境或纠缠。
使自由、脱离、松开或解开。
To free, disengage, loosen, or untangle.
extricate
Base
原形
extricates
3rd person
第三人称单数
extricating
-ing
现在分词
extricated
Past
过去式
extricated
Past participle
过去分词
She extricates herself from difficult situations calmly.
她冷静地让自己摆脱困境。
He extricated the driver from the wrecked car.
他把司机从失事的汽车中救了出来。
They have extricated the company from debt.
他们已经使公司摆脱了债务。
及物动词，常与 from 连用，表示使解脱、救出。
She finally managed to extricate herself from the boring meeting.
她终于设法让自己从无聊的会议中脱身。
Firefighters extricated a trapped passenger from the overturned car.
消防员把一名被困乘客从翻倒的汽车中救了出来。
He carefully extricates a piece of paper from the jammed printer.
他小心地从卡纸的打印机里取出一张纸。
The rescue team extricated the passengers from the overturned bus.
救援队把乘客从翻倒的公交车中救了出来。
主语通常为人，用反身代词 oneself 表示“使自己摆脱困境”。
She finally extricated herself from a toxic relationship.
她最终摆脱了一段有害的关系。
Not this
She finally extricated from the financial trouble.
Use this
She finally extricated herself from the financial trouble.
extricate 是及物动词，表示“使某人/某物摆脱”，若主语是自己摆脱困境，通常要用反身代词 oneself 作宾语，再接 from；错句少了 herself，导致宾语缺失。
Not this
He was extricate from the wrecked car by firefighters.
Use this
He was extricated from the wrecked car by firefighters.
被动语态中 be 动词后要用过去分词。extricate 是规则动词，过去分词和过去式都是 extricated，不能用动词原形。
Not this
The rescue team extricated the climber out of the crevice.
Use this
The rescue team extricated the climber from the crevice.
extricate 与介词 from 固定搭配，表示“从……中救出/解脱”；受汉语“从……中出来”的影响误用 out of，不符合英语搭配。
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使自己摆脱困境
He managed to extricate himself from a difficult situation with a clever excuse.
他靠一个巧妙的借口设法摆脱了困境。
使某人摆脱债务
A small loan helped extricate the family from debt.
一笔小额贷款帮助这个家庭摆脱了债务。
把汽车从淤泥中救出
Firefighters worked for hours to extricate the car from the mud.
消防员花了几个小时把汽车从淤泥里拖出来。
使公司摆脱危机
The new CEO extricated the company from a financial crisis.
新任首席执行官使公司摆脱了财务危机。
使自己摆脱（困境、责任等）；脱身
She managed to extricate herself from the contract without penalty.
她设法摆脱了合同，没有受到处罚。
使某人摆脱（麻烦或困境）
The experienced negotiator extricated the hostages from a dangerous situation.
经验丰富的谈判人员使这些人质脱离了险境。
从棘手的处境中脱身
He used wit and charm to extricate himself from a sticky situation.
他凭借机智和魅力从棘手的处境中脱身。
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记忆：ex（向外）+ tric（似tricky‘棘手的’）+ ate，从棘手的纠缠中脱身——使解脱、救出。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、新闻报道、官方报告 该词通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在新闻报道、官方文件或文学作品中；日常口语中更常说 get (someone) out of 或 free (someone) from。
常接宾语，与 from 连用，表示‘使某人/某物从……中解脱或救出’。
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