entanglements

英 [ɪnˈtæŋglmənts]

美 [ɛnˈtæŋgəlmənts]

n.  瓜葛; 牵连; 纠缠; 缠住; 铁丝网(用以阻止敌人靠近)
entanglement的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 复杂关系（或情况）；纠葛;瓜葛
  Anentanglementis a complicated or difficult relationship or situation.
  1. ...romantic entangle-ments.
     爱情纠葛
  2. ...a military and political entanglement the Government probably doesn't want.
     政府可能并不想看到的军政之间的纠葛
• N-VAR 纠缠;缠绕;缠住
  If things become entangled, you can refer to this asentanglement.
  1. Many dolphins are accidentally killed through entanglement with fishing equipment.
     很多海豚因为被渔具缠住而意外死亡。

双语例句

• Was she unhappy? Any unfortunate entanglements?
  她是否感到闷闷不乐？有没有那种倒霉的纠缠不清的事情？
• Entanglements in heart, round and round into a disease.
  纠结于心，团团成疾。
• Franklin Roosevelt once said, Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.
  富兰克林罗斯福曾说：我国不介入国外战争和国外纠葛的决心不能阻止我们在我们所珍视的理念和原则受到挑战的时候深深地感到关切。
• Or they should seek to slice through the entanglements, cordoning off the dangerous bits.
  或者通过分割理顺互相纠结的混乱关联并砍掉危险的部门。
• When I return home, I am always surprised to find some questions I sought to evade had been answered and some entanglements I had hoped to flee had become unraveled in my absence.
  当我“逃亡一天”回到家中，我总是会惊喜地发现原来试图逃避的问题和纠缠已经在我消失的那一天迎刃而解了。
• Over the past 20 years, it has become apparent that swiftly agreed-upon military actions can lead to entanglements that last for many years.
  在过去20年里，一个越来越明显的事实是，迅速商定的军事行动可能导致持续多年的卷入。
• And Milton's asking in these lines not simply about actual erotic entanglements although I think that's there, a relation with women but it's a question about erotic poetry as well.
  在这几句弥尔顿问的不仅是，实际的性的缠绵尽管我认为确实有这一方面，同女人的关系他也是在问情诗的问题。
• For years Uncle Tom had avoided emotional entanglements.
  好多年来汤姆叔叔一直避免感情上的纠缠。
• Installation and safe operation of electrically energized entanglements and electric fences
  GB7946-1987带电铁丝网和电围栏的安装和安全运用
• The Whigs were right to believe it would be impossible to avoid European entanglements.
  辉格党正确地认为，避开欧洲纠葛将是不可能的。