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单词 enmesh
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Definition of enmesh in English:

enmesh

verb ɛnˈmɛʃɪnˈmɛʃ
[with object]usually be enmeshed in
  • 1Cause to become entangled in something.

    缠住;使卷入

    whales enmeshed in drift nets

    被流网缠住的鲸。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was like being enmeshed in a giant web - there was no way to escape the destiny that awaited this world.
    • Japan is enmeshed in a familiar quandary about how to provide military support without damaging its pacifist constitution.
    • But business was enmeshed in state controls - precisely the sort of thing it had hoped to avoid by helping the Fascists into power.
    • Meanwhile, William was enmeshed in a desperate war in the Netherlands.
    • Vita tried to call her husband, but he was enmeshed in his own crisis.
    • Nerve cells, like those of the brain, are enmeshed in fatty tissue.
    • Doing something to address one's situation or circumstances is deeply enmeshed in Western culture.
    • Even when their produce is earning the country billions of dollars, their lives are enmeshed in poverty, illiteracy, and misery.
    • I am saddened that people lost money, I am saddened that people lost jobs, I am saddened that a major company is enmeshed in a major scandal.
    • While he has never served at Westminster, he has been enmeshed in politics for most of his adult life.
    • She's getting enmeshed in a tangle of lies, and Tom is certainly going to find out about it.
    • The first generation was enmeshed in the struggle of making it in America, often changing their names and beliefs to fit in.
    • On this basis alone they demonstrated themselves to be deeply enmeshed in a web of obligation and dependence.
    • When we meet Johnny Rico and his pals, they are already enmeshed in combat, and we hear little about the war on a larger scale.
    Synonyms
    entangle, ensnare, snare, trap, entrap, ensnarl, embroil, involve, catch up, mix up, bog down, mire
    rare trammel
    1. 1.1 Involve (someone) in a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape.
      he is enmeshed in an adulterous affair

      〈喻〉他卷入了一场通奸丑闻。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • For a second or so, there is a complete communion between us, as our respective states of contentment become momentarily enmeshed.
      • They have since struggled to make a reappearance, as movies have become more and more enmeshed in the Hollywood discourse.
      • She says she is not like Lawrence, but we know the craft of writing has always been enmeshed in apprenticeship.
      • The world is hydra headed, as old as the rocks and as changing as the sea, enmeshed inextricably in its ways.
      • Adapted from an award-winning play, Closer examines the lives of four people who become enmeshed in a tawdry tale of adultery.
      • They're all enmeshed in the on-going debate on how Germany should deal with the files of the former East German secret police - the Stasi.
      • In the first place, it is important to realize that faith has always come enmeshed in a cultural context.
      • The avowed objective was to underpin one of the favored Lebanese factions enmeshed in the multilateral disputes in the country.
      • Doing something to address one's situation or circumstances is deeply enmeshed in Western culture.
      • Remaining in the transport portfolio would, according to the PDs, leave the Tanaiste enmeshed in protracted union disputes.
      • There wouldn't have been any way in the world to not become enmeshed in the campaign.
      • He often experienced the self not as infinitely removed from particulars but as hopelessly enmeshed in them.
      • Today, the Falun Gong is deeply enmeshed in a propaganda war with Beijing.
      • She was justifiably shocked to find me already enmeshed in a version of that story.
      • The scandal is also enmeshing insurance companies selling variable annuities, policies that let investors pay their premiums to mutual funds.
      • At the meeting, he finds himself enmeshed in a discussion of complaints about the paper's political coverage.
      • All the scenes enmesh the fibres of one aspect of Liverpool life.
      • Mr. Bruno is enmeshed in a widening criminal investigation into his business ties to people seeking state money or actions.
      • The more he struggles, the more he is enmeshed.
      • The element of passion that gets enmeshed with the expectations on both sides needs no reiteration here.
      Synonyms
      entangle, ensnare, snare, trap, entrap, ensnarl, embroil, involve, catch up, mix up, bog down, mire

Derivatives

  • enmeshment

  • noun
    • ‘They are so independent and have such easily triggered fears about enmeshment,’ Stanley reports.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In general, there is more focus on nurturing, support, and connection, and less on issues such as boundaries and enmeshment.
      • Time and again the need for active engagement, enmeshment, involvement has been expressed.
      • But given his enmeshment in the sociology of competing spheres, can he find a way out?
      • It was in this atmosphere of rapid political change in this country and its enmeshment in the politics of the Cold War that they first formulated their national ideals and created national symbols.

Rhymes

afresh, Andhra Pradesh, Bangladesh, crème fraîche, flesh, fresh, intermesh, Kesh, Madhya Pradesh, Marrakesh, mesh, nesh, thresh, Uttar Pradesh

Definition of enmesh in US English:

enmesh

verb
[with object]usually be enmeshed in
  • 1Cause to become entangled in something.

    缠住;使卷入

    whales enmeshed in drift nets

    被流网缠住的鲸。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Japan is enmeshed in a familiar quandary about how to provide military support without damaging its pacifist constitution.
    • Even when their produce is earning the country billions of dollars, their lives are enmeshed in poverty, illiteracy, and misery.
    • When we meet Johnny Rico and his pals, they are already enmeshed in combat, and we hear little about the war on a larger scale.
    • On this basis alone they demonstrated themselves to be deeply enmeshed in a web of obligation and dependence.
    • Vita tried to call her husband, but he was enmeshed in his own crisis.
    • But business was enmeshed in state controls - precisely the sort of thing it had hoped to avoid by helping the Fascists into power.
    • She's getting enmeshed in a tangle of lies, and Tom is certainly going to find out about it.
    • Meanwhile, William was enmeshed in a desperate war in the Netherlands.
    • It was like being enmeshed in a giant web - there was no way to escape the destiny that awaited this world.
    • I am saddened that people lost money, I am saddened that people lost jobs, I am saddened that a major company is enmeshed in a major scandal.
    • While he has never served at Westminster, he has been enmeshed in politics for most of his adult life.
    • The first generation was enmeshed in the struggle of making it in America, often changing their names and beliefs to fit in.
    • Doing something to address one's situation or circumstances is deeply enmeshed in Western culture.
    • Nerve cells, like those of the brain, are enmeshed in fatty tissue.
    Synonyms
    entangle, ensnare, snare, trap, entrap, ensnarl, embroil, involve, catch up, mix up, bog down, mire
    1. 1.1 Involve (someone) in a difficult situation from which it is hard to escape.
      he is enmeshed in an adulterous affair

      〈喻〉他卷入了一场通奸丑闻。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The element of passion that gets enmeshed with the expectations on both sides needs no reiteration here.
      • Mr. Bruno is enmeshed in a widening criminal investigation into his business ties to people seeking state money or actions.
      • They're all enmeshed in the on-going debate on how Germany should deal with the files of the former East German secret police - the Stasi.
      • The world is hydra headed, as old as the rocks and as changing as the sea, enmeshed inextricably in its ways.
      • At the meeting, he finds himself enmeshed in a discussion of complaints about the paper's political coverage.
      • The scandal is also enmeshing insurance companies selling variable annuities, policies that let investors pay their premiums to mutual funds.
      • Remaining in the transport portfolio would, according to the PDs, leave the Tanaiste enmeshed in protracted union disputes.
      • They have since struggled to make a reappearance, as movies have become more and more enmeshed in the Hollywood discourse.
      • He often experienced the self not as infinitely removed from particulars but as hopelessly enmeshed in them.
      • She was justifiably shocked to find me already enmeshed in a version of that story.
      • She says she is not like Lawrence, but we know the craft of writing has always been enmeshed in apprenticeship.
      • The avowed objective was to underpin one of the favored Lebanese factions enmeshed in the multilateral disputes in the country.
      • In the first place, it is important to realize that faith has always come enmeshed in a cultural context.
      • Adapted from an award-winning play, Closer examines the lives of four people who become enmeshed in a tawdry tale of adultery.
      • For a second or so, there is a complete communion between us, as our respective states of contentment become momentarily enmeshed.
      • Today, the Falun Gong is deeply enmeshed in a propaganda war with Beijing.
      • There wouldn't have been any way in the world to not become enmeshed in the campaign.
      • All the scenes enmesh the fibres of one aspect of Liverpool life.
      • Doing something to address one's situation or circumstances is deeply enmeshed in Western culture.
      • The more he struggles, the more he is enmeshed.
      Synonyms
      entangle, ensnare, snare, trap, entrap, ensnarl, embroil, involve, catch up, mix up, bog down, mire
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