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

• He threatened to crush all resistance and ended up ensnared in a scandal over surveillance of Joe Bruno, the Republican state senate leader.
  他扬言粉碎所有阻力，结果陷入了监视纽约州共和党参议员领袖乔•布鲁诺（JoeBruno）的丑闻。
• 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。
• Europe is ensnared in a debt crisis that threatens the future of its single currency, and the social stability of the European Union.
  欧洲深陷的债务危机，已经到了威胁欧洲单一货币的未来、乃至欧盟社会稳定的地步。
• The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.
  恶人嘴中的过错，使自己的网罗，但义人必脱离患难。
• He says young women and girls are particularly at risk of being targeted and ensnared by these aggressive marketing techniques.
  巴彻说，年轻女性和女孩特别容易成为烟草公司这种不择手段的市场推销术的目标，最后被诱惑。
• 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。
• Until, when changce came, it ensnared a new bearer.
  随着命运巧妙的安排，让它蛊惑一个新的持有者。
• She was ensnared by lies.
  她受谎言之骗上当了。
• 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。
• It was a sad fairy story about a prince who was ensnared by a beautiful but evil witch.
  那是一个悲惨的童话，说的是一个王子被一个美貌却恶毒的巫婆陷害的故事。