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

• 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。
• According to the human way, negotiation is the means of solving problems or resolving entanglements.
  按人的办法，协商是解决问题或脱开纠缠的方法。
• With this however was linked a strong traditional distrust of old world politics and a habit of isolation from old world entanglements.
  然而，与此相关的却是他们传统上对欧洲政治的极大怀疑以。及脱离欧洲牵连的习惯。
• He felt melancholy after he failed the exam. Was she unhappy? Any unfortunate entanglements?
  这次考试没通过，他感到很郁闷。她是否感到闷闷不乐？有没有那种倒霉的纠缠不清的事情？
• That day certainly deserved to be commemorated as the end of old entanglements and the beginning of new opportunities.
  今天太值得记念了，绝了旧葛藤，添了新机会。
• 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。
• 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。
• A national balance sheet soaked in red ink says the US can anyway no longer afford such entanglements.
  无论如何，国家资产负债表出现严重赤字，说明美国不再能够承受这样的干预。
• That said, the US is visibly overburdened by its present entanglements.
  话虽如此，但当下的种种纠葛显然令美国不堪重负。