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。
• Some athletes became ensnared, including two basketball team co-captains whom the school scratched from its team roster.
  一些运动员被捕，其中两名篮球队队长已经被学校从队伍名册中除名。
• She was ensnared by lies.
  她受谎言之骗上当了。
• Wal-Mart would be far from the only large company ensnared by bribery charges under FPCA in the past decade.
  在过去十年里，沃尔玛公司远远不是唯一一家身陷贿赂指控的大型公司。
• Cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled.
  突然导致或突然被捕捉，诱捕，或被纠缠。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。