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词汇 ensnaring
释义 ensnaring
present participle ofensnare
ensnare
verb[ T ]
 literaryuk /ɪnˈsneər/ us /ɪnˈsner/
to catch or get control of something or someone: 诱捕;使入圈套;使无法脱身
Spiders ensnare flies and other insects in their webs.蜘蛛用网来捕捉苍蝇及其他昆虫。
be ensnared inThey wanted to make a formal complaint about their doctor, but ended up ensnared in the complexities of the legal system.他们的初衷是对其医生提起正式控告,结果却陷入了法律体系的繁复程序之中。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Capturing or taking possession of things
-grabbing
apprehend
apprehension
arrogate
at bayidiom
cage
capture
clutch
collar
get/lay/put your hands on someoneidiom
grab
grabber
grasp at something
recover
repossess
seize
sequester
sequestration
snag
snatch

Examples of ensnaring


ensnaring

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


As a broad cultural phenomenon, the rediscovery of urbanism in this historical period is both ensnaring and liberating at the same time.
Anything that jeopardised this ensnaring of the spectator was discarded asfreddo, self-indulgent or ludicrous.
The second set may be called "ensnaring" factors in that they inter fere with the normative deceleration of antisocial behavior that is observed in the population.
My constituents say that market testing is in effect ensnaring a loyal work force into what they believe is an ideologically inspired experiment.
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In connection with entrapment and other such ensnaring schemes, the press code mentions suspicion of a misdemeanour, and the general public interest.
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I am sure that they sell the drugs at a very reduced price with the object of ensnaring the children.
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The tongue is tipped in a deadly suction pad capable of ensnaring prey that an ordinary reptile would never hope to hold.
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The innovation of a hook facilitates the recovery of fallen animals by ensnaring them by neck or leg.
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While the robbery was in progress, it was inadvertently interrupted on three separate occasions, with each occasion ensnaring an additional victim into the crime.
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She often defeats her enemies by taunting them until they are enraged beyond reason, and then ensnaring them in illusions.
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While ensnaring them with their ingratiating talk and enervating riches, they have drawn the far-dwelling peoples nearer to themselves.
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There is also the risk of lace hooks ensnaring on ladders.
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The new technology allowed the capture and harvest of shrimp without ensnaring sea turtles in the indiscriminatory bottom-trawling process.
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