ensnared

英 [ɪnˈsneəd]

美 [ɪnˈsnerd]

v.  使入陷阱(或圈套、困境)
ensnare的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使陷入圈套；使入陷阱
  If youensnaresomeone, you gain power over them, especially by using dishonest or deceitful methods.
  1. Feminism is simply another device to ensnare women...
     女权主义只是使女性陷入圈套的另一种手段。
  2. We find ourselves ensnared in employment acts which do not help resolve industrial disputes.
     我们发现自己陷入了雇佣法案的圈套之中，因为它们并不能帮助解决劳资争端。
• VERB （用陷阱）诱捕，捕获
  If an animalis ensnared, it is caught in a trap.
  1. The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.
     蜘蛛必须等待猎物被它的蛛网困住。

双语例句

• Once thus ensnared, unless the protecting hand of God snatch him thence, all is over, and his struggles but tend to hasten his destruction.
  一旦陷进去，除非是上帝之手把他从那里拉出来，否则就一切都完了，他的挣扎只会加速他的毁灭。
• To be sure, most corporate executives express concern at the prospect of a darkening economic picture and companies directly affected by the subprime meltdown and the decline in consumer confidence, notably banks and housebuilders, are already ensnared in their own mini-recessions.
  诚然，多数企业界高管都对趋于黯淡的经济前景表示忧虑那些直接受到次贷危机及消费者信心下降影响的公司，尤其是银行和房屋建筑商们，都已身陷小范围的衰退之中。
• Others see it as punishment for Mr Wang for failing to prevent China Mobile becoming ensnared in a series of corruption scandals since 2009.
  还有一些人认为，自2009年以来，中国移动连连卷入腐败丑闻，这次变动是对王建宙未能阻止这种局面的处罚。
• Widespread corruption in the health care system, especially involving the prescribing of drugs, is also an issue, and one that has ensnared multinational investors.
  医疗卫生体系普遍存在的腐败行为，尤其是涉及药品处方的腐败行为，也是一个问题。它已经让一些跨国投资者蒙受损失。
• To capture or hold by or as if by a noose. cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled.
  诱捕用或似乎用绳圈来捕或抓突然导致或突然被捕捉，诱捕，或被纠缠。
• A popular figure with the Republican grassroots and mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in2012, she has become ensnared in a series of ethics scandals that have dimmed her star appeal.
  在共和党草根阶层她非常受欢迎，并作为可能2012的总统候选人被提及，她陷入了一系列的道德丑闻中去，使她明星效应黯然失色。
• They wanted to make a formal complaint about their doctor, but ended up ensnared in the complexities of the legal system.
  他们想正式控诉他们的医生，但最后却陷入法律制度的复杂性之中。
• An unwary space voyager ensnared by a black hole will never be seen to enter it, but only to become frozen to its surface.
  永远不会看到，被黑洞捕捉住的粗心的宇宙旅行者进入黑洞，而只是看见他被冻结在黑洞的表面上。
• The Galleon case has ensnared people at big-name firms outside finance, including McKinsey& Company, IBM and Intel.
  Galleon破产事件让包括在麦肯锡公司、IBM和英特尔公司的这些名企业的员工们参与了外部融资。
• The wheels hold you fast, the glance has ensnared you.
  那齿轮把你拖住了，那一眼把你勾住了。