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

• Over the past 20 years, it has become apparent that swiftly agreed-upon military actions can lead to entanglements that last for many years.
  在过去20年里，一个越来越明显的事实是，迅速商定的军事行动可能导致持续多年的卷入。
• Or they should seek to slice through the entanglements, cordoning off the dangerous bits.
  或者通过分割理顺互相纠结的混乱关联并砍掉危险的部门。
• 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？
• 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。
• Get along with you! Don't come bothering me. For years Uncle Tom had avoided emotional entanglements.
  滚开！别来纠缠我。好多年来汤姆叔叔一直避免感情上的纠缠。
• Yet we have the feeling of being independent and separate from all these entanglements and relationships, a feeling that is designated by the logically uncertain concept "freedom".
  然而我们有那种（从这些纠结和关系中独立且分离）的感觉，这种感觉就是所谓逻辑上很不确定的概念「自由」。
• Politicians must avoid personal entanglements if they want to EET elected.
  如果想当选，政客们必须避免个人的种种纠葛。
• 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。
• New technology seems to me likely to generate as yet unimagined administrative entanglements.
  对我来说，新技术似乎会产生无法想象的管理麻烦。
• 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。