英语单词

entanglement是什么意思

entanglement

英 [ɪn'tæŋg(ə)lm(ə)nt; en-] 美 [ɪn'tæŋɡlmənt]
  • n. 纠缠;铁丝网;缠绕物;牵连

英文词源


entanglement (n.)
1630s, "that which entangles," from entangle + -ment. From 1680s as "act of entangling." Foreign entanglements does not appear as such in Washington's Farewell Address (1796), though he warns against them. The phrase is found in William Coxe's 1798 memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole.

双语例句


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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Many dolphins die each year from entanglement in fishing nets.
每年都有许多海豚被捕鱼网缠绕致死。

来自《权威词典》

3. This entanglement made Carrie anxious for a change of some sort.
这种纠葛弄得嘉莉急于改变一下.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

4. I long to exert a fraction of Samson's strength, and break the entanglement like tow!
我渴望运用一点山姆森的力气, 把这一团乱丝象拉绳子般地拉断!

来自辞典例句

5. There is some uncertainty about this entanglement with the city treasurer which you say exists.
对于你所说的与市财政局长之间的纠葛,大家有些疑惑.

来自辞典例句

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