Entangle

(verb.) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; 'The child entangled the cord'.

(verb.) entrap; 'Our people should not be mired in the past'.

欧内斯特整理

• Now, I put it to you: would you at this present moment agree to be his wife if that had not happened to entangle you with him? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• A dark conspiracy was on foot in the midst of us; and our beloved and innocent friend had been entangled in its meshes. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• As that gentleman had his hands entangled in his cravat, he had no alternative but to follow him to the floor. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Every human life is deeply entangled in them, and concerned in their solution. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Entangled with the love of gaiety, organized as commerce, it is literally impossible to follow the myriad expressions it assumes. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• They gave her SUCH pleasure, as they lay, the three circles, with their knotted jewels, entangled in her palm. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was entangled by his own vanity, with as little excuse of love as possible, and without the smallest inconstancy of mind towards her cousin. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• But that my girl should be entangled in the same meshes which held me was more than I could suffer. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• We still read Washington's immortal warning against entangling alliances with full comprehension and an answering purpose. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The sentence in which that repudiation was expressed was Washington's injunction to avoid entangling alliances. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Carton stooped to pick up the coat, which lay almost entangling his feet. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The albumen of the serum coagulates and rises to the surface in a scum which entangles the impurities and bone black, leaving the syrup light in color. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

校对:韦恩