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

• When I return home, I am always surprised to find some questions I sought to evade had been answered and some entanglements I had hoped to flee had become unraveled in my absence.
  当我“逃亡一天”回到家中，我总是会惊喜地发现原来试图逃避的问题和纠缠已经在我消失的那一天迎刃而解了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The research and development of high-tech weapons concentratedly reflects the moral entanglements and forefront contradictions between the development of science and technology and the living of human beings, and it has strong and complicated ethical significance.
  摘要高技术武器研发集中体现了科技发展与人类生存的道德纠结与前沿矛盾，具有强烈而复杂的伦理意蕴。
• Was she unhappy? Any unfortunate entanglements?
  她是否感到闷闷不乐？有没有那种倒霉的纠缠不清的事情？
• So too was a self-styled "realism" that said post Iraq and Afghanistan Britain should avoid all overseas entanglements.
  同样天真的是一种自封的“现实主义”，认为英国在经历伊拉克和阿富汗战争后，应当避免所有海外纠葛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• How long might the restructuring and sale of Citigroup take, with its huge global entanglements?
  那么重组并出售拥有庞大全球业务的花旗集团要花费多长时间呢？