snares

英 [sneəz]

美 [snerz]

n.  (捕鸟、兽的)陷阱，罗网，套子; 陷阱; 圈套; 骗局; (绷在小鼓下鼓皮的)响弦
v.  设陷阱(或罗网、套子)捕捉
snare的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• (捕鸟或小野兽的)陷阱，罗网
  Asnareis a trap for catching birds or small animals. It consists of a loop of wire or rope which pulls tight around the animal.
• N-COUNT 陷阱;圈套
  If you describe a situation as asnare, you mean that it is a trap from which it is difficult to escape.
  1. Given data which are free from bias there are further snares to avoid in statistical work...
     即使数据本身不存在偏差在统计工作中仍需要避免其他陷阱。
  2. Worldly success could prove a snare unless used for the good of others.
     若不用于为他人谋福祉，俗世的成功到头来不过是个枷锁而已。
• VERB 用陷阱(或罗网)捕捉
  If someonesnaresan animal, they catch it using a snare.
  1. He'd snared a rabbit earlier in the day.
     那天早一点的时候，他设套捉了一只兔子。
• VERB 诱…入圈套;诱惑
  If someoneis snared, they are caught in a trap.
  1. A motorcyclist was seriously injured when she was snared by a rope stretched across the road.
     一个骑摩托的女子被横扯在马路上的一根绳子给绊倒了，伤势严重。
• VERB 谋得;诱获
  If someonesnaressomething, they get it in a clever way, perhaps by deceiving people.
  1. Most of all I want to snare a husband...
     最重要的是，我想钓得一个金龟婿。
  2. Possessed of such qualities, how do you bring them to the fore and snare the job?
     既然具备了这些优秀素质，你该怎样把它们充分展示出来并谋得这份工作呢？

双语例句

• The boys made snares to catch rabbits.
  这些男孩子设置陷阱捕捉兔子。
• City life can be full of snares for young people.
  对于年轻人来说，城市生活可谓陷阱遍布。
• The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
  敬畏耶和华的，就是生命的泉源，可以使人离开死亡的网罗。
• 14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
  智慧人的法则、〔或作指教〕是生命的泉源、可以使人离开死亡的网罗。
• The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
  阴间的绳索缠绕我。死亡的网罗临到我。
• He shoots rabbits and he sets snares for them.
  他射杀兔子，也安放陷阱。
• As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
  正如贪婪是万恶之源一样，贫穷是最坏的陷阱。
• He really believes they can drive wild animals into pits or get them to step into snares.
  实际上他相信他们能把野兽赶进坑内或使它们踏进陷阱。
• And the problem could be even worse than it appears, he said. Snares catch musk deer of all ages and both sexes indiscriminately-but only adult males have musk glands.
  问题也许比发现的更严重，他说。陷阱诱捕不论年龄和性别的麝&而只有成年的雄性麝才有麝腺。
• His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps and treacheries.
  它选择的是待在黑暗的深水里，远远地避开一切圈套、罗网和诡计。