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单词 ensnare
释义
ensnare
verb[T]
literary
uk
/ɪnˈsneər/us
/ɪnˈsner/
tocatchor getcontrolof something or someone:
诱捕；使入圈套；使无法脱身
Spiders ensnarefliesand otherinsectsintheirwebs.蜘蛛用网来捕捉苍蝇及其他昆虫。
Theywantedto make aformalcomplaintabouttheirdoctor, butendedup ensnaredinthe complexities of thelegalsystem.他们的初衷是对其医生提起正式控告，结果却陷入了法律体系的繁复程序之中。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Capturing or taking possession of things
  • -grabbing
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • arrogate
  • at bayidiom
  • cage
  • capture
  • catch
  • clutch
  • collar
  • corner
  • get/lay/putyourhands onsomeoneidiom
  • grab
  • grabber
  • grasp atsomething
  • repo man
  • seize
  • sequester
  • sequestration
  • snag
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(Definition ofensnarefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofensnare

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As a broad cultural phenomenon, the rediscovery of urbanism in this historical period is both ensnaring and liberating at the same time.
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But he becomes ensnared in the economy of the gift.
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Many respondents also felt ensnared in their occupation at this point.
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A discourse thinks that too many laws unjustlyensnarethe people subject to them.
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But we must not be ensnared by the model; intentionality and desire in nature, seen as self-organizing emergent properties, remain artificial, artifactual simulations.
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There may be a moral requirement to avoid professions in which one can foresee that one will be ensnared by conflicting moral requirements.
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This episode evidences the connection between hunters and hunted, men and monsters, all ensnared in the same biological and environmental contingencies.
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Colley avoids becoming ensnared in an argument over how the nation attained its empire.
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Unionists became ensnared in an endless stream of accusations which redefined the meaning of their action in such a way as to undermine the legitimacy of their organizations.
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The information technology industry has the capacity to bare the bookshelves and toensnarethe reader in its / /ifenminable net.
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Toronto's ravers of the new millennium were, ironically in their search for freedom, ensnared by their own self-disciplining techniques and their willingness to cooperate in regulatory practices.
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I am aware of the concern that monofilament fishing nets may accidentallyensnaredolphins and porpoises.
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Result: the new director may come from the outside, but he immediately finds himself ensnared in a system that is already firmly established.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Most of the women who are ensnared in this way come from regions with adverse economic and social conditions, and high unemployment.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
A motorist driving innocently along a street could be ensnared so as to bump up the arrest figures in the area.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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