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

• As the credit card business boomed in recent years, too many lenders added tricks and traps that have ensnared and infuriated millions of their customers.
  近几年信用卡业务迅猛增长，太多的放贷机构在办理该类业务时附加了隐形条款和机关陷阱，无数客户受骗上当并不堪其辱。
• SHUN the gossip of men as much as possible, for discussion of worldly affairs, even though sincere, is a great distraction inasmuch as we are quickly ensnared and captivated by vanity.
  说三道四，可免则免，因为谈论世俗的事情，纵然真诚，也必是分心走意，不经意中我们立刻就身陷虚幻而为虚幻所禁锢了。
• 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。
• The meeting also comes as Japan is ensnared in a bitter territorial dispute with South Korea over claims to a set of disputed islands controlled by Seoul.
  这次会谈举行之际，日本正陷入因一组由韩国控制的岛屿的归属问题引发的日韩激烈领土争端。
• 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。
• Mr. Tucker was ensnared last week in the scandal.
  塔克是在上周卷入这起丑闻的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。